On 2/21/10 11:04 AM, Bruce Johnson wrote:
On Feb 21, 2010, at 10:17 AM, John Carmonne wrote:
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You must want to see stuff on that HDD bad enough too try and get off
any spy stuff first??? Other wise you'd just do a zero init and move
on:-(
I got a full copy of Spectre off of a Mac Performa I found in the trash
at the side of the road. So osmetime's it's worth lookgin :-)
I've gotten a whole slew of programs off systems I've acquired. I never
have gotten one from the side of the road or from dumpster diving. I
contemplated picking up an iMac at the dump when I was dropping stuff
off but it was no better than the two I already had sitting idle
(although it might have been worth it for the memory and HD).
I got one machine from a local medical center with all sorts of notes on
treatment but none was patient data. I think if I had I might have
reported it. I do look at people's data, mostly out of curiosity as to
how careless people can be.
I then format the drive, I don't bother zeroing it, that's a waste of time.
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Clark Martin
Redwood City, CA, USA
Macintosh / Internet Consulting
"I'm a designated driver on the Information Super Highway"
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