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Dec 20, 2005, 02:24 PM
 
hi, everyone.

After picking up some computers from the dump (macintosh lc475s) i found they had some sensitive information in them.
and now im in page 10 of the newspaper!!!

front page:
http://kick52.drobe.co.uk/Other%20-%...ole%20page.jpg

close up of pic (i know my hair looked [removed insensitive comment --tooki]. no need to comment.):

http://kick52.drobe.co.uk/Other%20-%...20of%20pic.jpg


if the images dont work, please go to kick52.drobe.co.uk and go to pics and find them.

also i opened up an old computer (runs from rom with broken hd), opened up the broken hd fiddled bout with the head, booted the computer while everything was open and it worked!!!!

pics:
http://kick52.drobe.co.uk/Other%20-%...ing%20open.jpg
http://kick52.drobe.co.uk/Other%20-%...nt%20crash.jpg

if the images dont work, please go to kick52.drobe.co.uk and go to pics and find them.




cheers! tell me what you think!!

kick52
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Dec 20, 2005, 02:26 PM
 
ok, imgs dont work. please go to these for first 2 (or look on website)

http://kick52.drobe.co.uk/Other%20-%...20of%20pic.jpg

http://kick52.drobe.co.uk/Other%20-%...ole%20page.jpg
     
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Dec 20, 2005, 02:28 PM
 
what kind of sensitive things did you find?

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Dec 20, 2005, 02:33 PM
 
pay roll stuff.
     
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Dec 20, 2005, 02:44 PM
 
Originally Posted by kick52
cheers! tell me what you think!!
That you are an attention whore ?

-t
     
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Dec 20, 2005, 02:46 PM
 
Nice that he got a little attention.

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Dec 20, 2005, 02:53 PM
 
Tell us all the details about the files!
Apparently, I'm a sig violator. I feel honored. Oops.
     
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Dec 20, 2005, 04:08 PM
 
er, no.


they are probably the best 25mhz computers around.
     
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Dec 20, 2005, 05:19 PM
 
Kick, thanks for not only identifying what you found, but for letting someone know about it. This is not "minor stuff" by any means. When a company or governmental agency gets rid of computers, they often don't even think about the data they put on them, i.e. payroll stuff. That's material like Social Security Number or other taxpayer ID, address, tax exemptions, etc. Perfect for your local identity thief-and the people who dump computers with information like that on them are HELPING ID thieves.

Making a big stink about it is a GOOD THING. It gets the information out in front of the public and gets them asking questions like "what does my employer do when he replaces a computer?" Everyone should ask this sort of question-and get a straight answer, too.

Sorry for the rant-like style, but this IS important stuff. Kick, keep it up!
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Dec 20, 2005, 05:25 PM
 
Yes, what Glenn said. Good stuff kick52.

Oh. And do something with your hair - it looks gay.
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Dec 20, 2005, 07:35 PM
 
Originally Posted by kick52
hi, everyone.
close up of pic (i know my hair looked gay. no need to comment.):
You look evil.
     
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Dec 21, 2005, 02:21 PM
 
You have a nice little kitten.
     
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Dec 21, 2005, 10:04 PM
 
Remind me to never let you people see the crap that the Herald did on me an a couple of my friends a few years back... "Gadgets and the Geeks who Make 'Em" indeed... bloody hell, I was a lab tech at the MIT Media Lab at the time.

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Dec 22, 2005, 02:05 PM
 
yer. the hair sucks.
we were going to get it cut but the hairdressers were closed.

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