Re: What about OLD computers??

[Geoff Lane <geoff -at- gjctech -dot- co -dot- uk>]

On Wednesday, November 26, 2008, Christine Sigman wrote;

> We're not trying to outwit a forensic squad from the IRS, I swear -- just
> trying to come up with the equivalent of shredding financial papers before
> putting them in the bin.
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And well you should. There was a documentary some time ago about how
mobile phones and computers donated to some charities or dumped on the
tip were finding their way over to certain third-world countries where
miscreants harvested the data they contained for nefarious purposes.

Perhaps a better alternative is to remove all your personal data then
use a trial version of a commercial secure free-space erasing tool or
Open Source (like GNUPG). Alteratively, "nuke" the disk and install a
suitable Linux distro. Once done, you could offer the machine to the
Freecycle Network (http://www.freecycle.org/) - there are groups for
most populated arears and you'll have the pleasure of helping out
someone in your neighbourhood.

HTH,

-- 
Geoff

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