http://www.metafilter.com/tags/datawiping Posts tagged with 'datawiping' at MetaFilter. Fri, 11 Jan 2002 12:50:39 -0800 Fri, 11 Jan 2002 12:50:39 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/13745/ <a href="http://icliverpool.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0100regionalnews/page.cfm?objectid=11529559&amp;method=full">"Err...hello...is that Alex Braganza? Sorry to disturb you ...</a> my name is Kenny Patterson. No you don't know me. But I took my computer into PC World for repair and when I got it back they'd replaced my faulty hard disk with a reconditioned one which used to be your old machine. Thing is, they hadn't actually bothered to format the thing so now I've got all your personal details. Yes that right -- that's were I got your phone number." I imagine that's how the conversation would have started ... tag:metafilter.com,2002:site.13745 Fri, 11 Jan 2002 12:50:39 -0800 computers datawiping formatting harddrives reformatting security feelinglistless