Dear University Community,

The following link will lead to an article titled:

"Discarded computer hard drives prove a trove of personal info."

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2003/01/15/national1617EST0765.DTL

It is the results of a research project at MIT to try to quantify the
amount of sensitive information that had not been erased.

Being a recent victim (I truly loathe that word and am NOT seeking any
pity) of identity theft, this hit pretty close to home so I thought I would
share it with everyone as something to be aware of when you replace both
your personal and office computers.

I had originally heard about this last night on NPR.

Thank you.

Stephen Leather

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Stephen P. Leather
Library Associate II
Course Reserves Coordinator,
Access Services Dept.
Lupton Library
423-425-4501
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And since so many others here have a quote: "TANSTAAFL"