Just speculating, but might there be a business in e-recyclers downstream of collection points diverting networked gizmos, which could find their way to a speci

Just speculating, but might there be a business in e-recyclers downstream of collection points diverting networked gizmos, which could find their way to a specialized data recovery outfit, which compiles everything recovered into a database? If there was any location or identity information to pair with the password, it could be of relatively immediate value.