Real Story - BBC1, 7.30pm

[Fiona]

Originally Posted by SoggyFox

you lot are sooooooooooooooo cynical,.

don't know about being cynical, I was trying to highlight quite a serious issue.

[Lou]

Originally Posted by Fiona

don't know about being cynical, I was trying to highlight quite a serious issue.

I know you were. I heard a fair bit of it and the fact that folk were thrwoing away their old machines without getting the HD properly wiped was quite amazing. I was suprised at what they got off them though. It was amusing to hear them know on people's doors and tell them all about themsleves and their families. I wish I had been watching it as I can imagine the looks on the homeowners faces!

So - don't just bin your old HDs!!

[Lee B]

It was scarey, to see

[Pen Simon]

Originally Posted by Lou

.......the fact that folk were thrwoing away their old machines without getting the HD properly wiped was quite amazing.

But did you see the part where the journo was suggesting to one of the ex drive owners that the local council should have made him aware of the problem of not removing the information of it?

Why should the council have that responsibility - just because they disposed of it at a council tip?

Does no-one take responsibility for their own actions anymore?

[B]

Originally Posted by Pen Simon

But did you see the part where the journo was suggesting to one of the ex drive owners that the local council should have made him aware of the problem of not removing the information of it?

Why should the council have that responsibility - just because they disposed of it at a council tip?

Does no-one take responsibility for their own actions anymore?

hear hear

[Crisspy Fiver]

OK so maybe Im stupid but I would not have thought twice about chucking my old PC in a rubbish dump. I would have assumed it would have been crushed burnt or just recycled. I would not have imagined the council would have sent it to Lagos to be sold as parts.

I would imagine that a lot of people would have felt the same. Otherwise they would not have made the programme and the guys in Lagos would have been up to something else.

The thing I now find a worry is what about dive shops pizza places etc that you order goods over the phone. I bet they dont all wipe the computers that are thrown away.

To be honest I dont have no money so if they ever get my card details they wont be able to do that much with them. Although saying that they probably could!

Jamie

[Pigpen]

Trouble is it's not necessarily money they are after. If they can get enough info on someone, they can create false identities, get documents etc....

[jackadam]

Originally Posted by Crisspy Fiver

The thing I now find a worry is what about dive shops pizza places etc that you order goods over the phone. I bet they dont all wipe the computers that are thrown away.

Jamie

Its a very valid point, although aren't retailers not supposed to store CC / Switch details.

[Crisspy Fiver]

When I worked at a Pizza place we typed the card details onto the PC so they would be on the hard drive. I dont know much about PC's but in theory they would still be on the drive unless they are deleted? Not sure though.

Jamie

[milldog]

i have equipment that will recover any information even after a hexadecimal wipe which most people use there is only one way Finbars 2lb lump hammer and then its wiped,

and in recovering some peoples hard drives at the shop i have had to hand them over to the police, as i recovered stuff that the customer thought was long gone

so remember 2lb lump hammer and then buy a new hard drive