| Apr 29 @ 12:53 AM |
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Palomino
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I started to ask this question in Charli's thread but thought it may be a bit off topic. So I pose this question to you:
If you died tomorrow, would you be prepared for your family and/ or friends to view what is inside your computer?
I heard this question asked on the radio the other day and realized I had never thought about it. Sure, I always worry that my computer may be stolen and all my banking and personal info may be exposed. But after hearing that question, I started wondering just exactly what else I have in this computer that I wouldn't want my family to see. I AM quite the packrat and have favorites that I bookmarked out of curiosity but have never gone back to.
So what do you need to clear out of YOUR computer?
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| Apr 29 @ 1:02 AM |
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katydid438
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Just got a new computer....everything is ok......I will be much more cautious from now on.,,My IT at work scared the SH*T OUT OF ME......
I had a very spicey  conversation with a man on my old computer,,,but erased it. Apparently that means nothing, just false security.  I've learned my lesson 
Hell, you don't even have to be dead to have a family member etc check out your history 
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| Apr 29 @ 1:09 AM |
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redhairNfreckles
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....nothing at all to need to clear out of my computer, but I will say, the second drawer down in my dresser, hidden under a nightie or two, has a couple of B.O.B.'s..........  
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| Apr 29 @ 1:16 AM |
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nah12
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oh there are lots of things on most peoples computer they thought they go rid of long ago... there are many hidden files and many ways to access them if you have a little software and some knowledge...
1 simply hidden file that you can view is your index.dat files... you might be surprised how far back it goes ... and yes you can download free software to view yours just google it...
and yes i keep all of mine clean.... 
[Edited on 4/29/2008 1:18 AM]
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| Apr 29 @ 1:18 AM |
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katydid438
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Redhair....that's the second thing I told my son after giving him the location of the key for my safe
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| Apr 29 @ 1:18 AM |
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grumblebear
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what with my poor health of the past few years that topic wanders my mind all of the time... heck I sleep in sweats these days because I've had to be taken to the hospital a couple of times, lol, and it can be breezy otherwise, and the EMT's won't let you get dressed.....
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| Apr 29 @ 1:25 AM |
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redhairNfreckles
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grumble, at least you don't have to worry about anyone finding one of those things I mentioned.....at least my kids will never have to buy another AA battery in their lives cuz I got plenty of them too......
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| Apr 29 @ 1:46 AM |
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Palomino
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Katy...before they locked us out of downloads at work, I was able to hide a Yahoo IM in one of the computers. Thank goodness my conversations weren't racy because I found the file with all of my conversations stored...the day before IT found the Yahoo.  Yep, you DON'T have to be dead to have someone view your history or files. That's why I have my admin password protected. The guy who watched my house the last time I was gone was a bit miffed that he couldn't log in. 
Red... That's one thing I don't have to worry about. I don't own any BOBs. 
Nah...we'll talk more.
Ummmmm Grumble? Just HOW breezy would it get?
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| Apr 29 @ 2:13 AM |
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katydid438
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Pali..I actually shredded a few papers today.....this thread is timely indeed 
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| Apr 29 @ 3:31 AM |
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Palomino
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I'm downloading a shredder right now. As for actual paper? That could take me a month to find what needs shredding!
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| Apr 29 @ 3:55 AM |
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katydid438
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| Apr 29 @ 4:16 AM |
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Palomino
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I got rid of four bookmarks just now. They didn't even work they were so old. And check out this one that I'm getting ready to delete. I remember my daughter and I wondering what ever happened to white dog poop. I wonder how many more links I saved on that search?
http://www.righthealth.com/Health/dog_feces_white/-m-1-od-answers_20060806164314AAWISuk-s
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| Apr 29 @ 4:31 AM |
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katydid438
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ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww
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| Apr 29 @ 6:24 AM |
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mailorderannie
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Okay, this has me worried....exactly HOW do I get rid of these hidden files?
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| Apr 29 @ 12:05 PM |
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kattsmeow
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I don't have anything on here to worry about.
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| Apr 29 @ 12:43 PM |
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graywolf
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nothing on here that I would not want them to see.
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| Apr 29 @ 5:00 PM |
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Snappygoddess
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I have nothing on my puter I am ashamed of...and if I should pass and my family goes snooping in my private things, then they deserve to see whatever is there.
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| Apr 29 @ 5:05 PM |
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CHARLIgurl1
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Okay, this has me worried....exactly HOW do I get rid of these hidden files?
Good question.
A charity in England was donating old drives from computers and sending them to the third world. they were supposedly.. 'clean'
yet computer experts ther still mamaged to access bank files.. how? I really have no idea,, theymust be burried somewhere in there.
As for me..my computer is passworded on everything.
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| Apr 29 @ 9:06 PM |
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BandTMom
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I'm with Katt. There's nothing on my computer that I'm ashamed of or would not let my boy see.
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| Apr 30 @ 12:16 AM |
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nah12
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Wiping a hard drive is not as easy as it sounds. The government requires a secret classified hard drive to be rewritten at least 3 times as a minimum and there is still no guarantee that it is clean. Even unclassified HD’s are not allowed to be thrown away. Higher classifications are even harder to fully clean per regs and usually are either destroyed or just stored after rewritten. Even to shred a hard drive is not cheap or easy because of the possibility of hazardous material within the hard drive it’s self. Then even getting the hard drives to a special company to shred them is another issue of delivering and handing classified hard drives over for transportation.
The best thing to do when you trash your old PC if you are worried about information on it is to just take the hard drive out rewrite it several times with special software and store it away.
I still have all the HD’s I’ve ever had in pc's and yes there are a few but they do not take up much space really…
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