In the early 2000s I had an interesting experience. Riding my bike in New York City, heading back to the train station, I saw a Power PC 7200/120 that had been tossed out. By some freaking miracle, I managed to carry it under one arm while I rode my bike back to the train station. That was NOT easy.
Anyway, I got it home and it booted right up. While looking around on it, I found something horrifying-
Spread sheets. And on them were the names of over a dozen people-how much they made (several had salaries of over $100k a year), their addresses, social security numbers...I was gobsmacked.
I thought-if I had been an identity thief, this would have been like winning the freaking lottery. I just wanted a computer to play with.
It is infuriating that people were this careless with such sensitive data. They were damned lucky that an honest person found their machine.
It was an eye opener on how some folks handle other people's sensitive information.
Anyway, I got it home and it booted right up. While looking around on it, I found something horrifying-
Spread sheets. And on them were the names of over a dozen people-how much they made (several had salaries of over $100k a year), their addresses, social security numbers...I was gobsmacked.
I thought-if I had been an identity thief, this would have been like winning the freaking lottery. I just wanted a computer to play with.
It is infuriating that people were this careless with such sensitive data. They were damned lucky that an honest person found their machine.
It was an eye opener on how some folks handle other people's sensitive information.
