Hardware disposal protection

WinCurity have a useful article on identity theft and information loss. For example, you’re ready to get rid of your iPod, phone, laptop or whatever gadget you may have that has important information stored in it. The first thing you do is delete all of the contacts, contents or whatever is in it right? After having done that, you’ll either sell it or give it to a charity shop; however, unlike a lot of people, you forgot that anybody, with the help of a bit of software, can recover and view what you used to have stored. When that happens, all sort of trouble can go to you and your friends (those who are in your contacts.)

Thanks to WinCurity, they give various case studies and solutions to aid you in properly deleting information. This all goes down to the physics of memory. For example, on a hard disk when you delete something, all it does is reallocate the space, so the information is still there waiting to be overwritten. Even when it’s overwritten or scrabbled, there is the possibility of finding what was there. Lets hope this information is useful to those looking to dispose of their technology.
WinCurity have a useful article on identity theft and information loss. For example, you’re ready to get rid of your iPod, phone, laptop or whatever gadget you may have that has important information stored in it. The first thing you do is delete all of the contacts, contents or whatever is in it right? After having done that, you’ll either sell it or give it to a charity shop; however, unlike a lot of people, you forgot that anybody, with the help of a bit of software, can recover and view what you used to have stored. When that happens, all sort of trouble can go to you and your friends (those who are in your contacts.)

Thanks to WinCurity, they give various case studies and solutions to aid you in properly deleting information. This all goes down to the physics of memory. For example, on a hard disk when you delete something, all it does is reallocate the space, so the information is still there waiting to be overwritten. Even when it’s overwritten or scrabbled, there is the possibility of finding what was there. Lets hope this information is useful to those looking to dispose of their technology.