Pollypops Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 This morning my partners interupted a group of men (not bin men!) going through the rubbish in our development's communal bin stores. Later on he noticed that all the bin store doors for the next door developemt were swinging wide open...Just want to remind people to be careful what they throw out and make sure confidential things are shreaded. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/39555-warning-be-careful-what-you-throw-out/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
harperama Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 I suspect something similar has happened to my partner who just received a letter from sports direct in peckham chasing up money from an 'incident' that happened in store last month... She was abroad at the time but it seems that the perpetrator gave my partners name and address. Definitely be careful what you throw away! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/39555-warning-be-careful-what-you-throw-out/#findComment-705356 Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Also, please be careful of throwing out old computers, which may contain (among much else) banking information somewhere on their hard discs. If you need advice on scrubbing your computer clean please PM me. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/39555-warning-be-careful-what-you-throw-out/#findComment-705380 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traceytra Posted December 19, 2013 Share Posted December 19, 2013 Wow, I guess its easy to get complacent - noted thanks. These criminals are so audacious :( Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/39555-warning-be-careful-what-you-throw-out/#findComment-705381 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penguin68 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 If you are actually throwing out -to trash - (as opposed to recyling for someone else's use) old computers take out the hard drive and actually smash it to bits (with a hammer) after running any wipe programs - it is possible to recontruct smahed Winchester discs, but you need a government strength lab to do it and get useable data from it. Hard drives are wiped by over-writing them - but as all which is actually stored anyway are '0's and '1's there is a chance you will over-write a '0' with another '0' - that's why you are meant to over-write multiple times - I think 7 is the standard. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/39555-warning-be-careful-what-you-throw-out/#findComment-705382 Share on other sites More sharing options...
lane lover Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 And make sure you look both ways before you cross the street!I cant believe people still throw out confidential documents! Shred them - use a security bin! FFSIve said it once, and I will say it again. You cant teach common sense! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/39555-warning-be-careful-what-you-throw-out/#findComment-705412 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tr? Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Lane lover, you should write a self-help book bro, you've got life sorted haven't you? Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/39555-warning-be-careful-what-you-throw-out/#findComment-705415 Share on other sites More sharing options...
tallulah71 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Tre - :) Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/39555-warning-be-careful-what-you-throw-out/#findComment-705420 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinaG3 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 I've seen more than once men going through the bins on Lordship Lane estate. Because the bins are stored in gated high wall bin cupboards you wouldn't necessarily know they are in there doing so. They carry big backpacks to fill up with whatever they find! Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/39555-warning-be-careful-what-you-throw-out/#findComment-705469 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loz Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Penguin68 Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> If you are actually throwing out -to trash - (as> opposed to recyling for someone else's use) old> computers take out the hard drive and actually> smash it to bits (with a hammer) after running any> wipe programs - it is possible to recontruct> smahed Winchester discs, but you need a government> strength lab to do it and get useable data from> it. Hard drives are wiped by over-writing them -> but as all which is actually stored anyway are> '0's and '1's there is a chance you will> over-write a '0' with another '0' - that's why you> are meant to over-write multiple times - I think 7> is the standard.Unless you are worried about the NSA or MI5 coming after you then that's probably overkill - we're talking common or garden bad guys here who want the easy information. A program like http://www.diskwipe.org/ will do the job. Link to comment https://www.eastdulwichforum.co.uk/topic/39555-warning-be-careful-what-you-throw-out/#findComment-705535 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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