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I compost all of my sensitive information that arrives by mail. And whenever I need to dispose of something I can’t compost, like an old drivers license, I cut
by dools 3y ago
I compost all of my sensitive information that arrives by mail.
And whenever I need to dispose of something I can’t compost, like an old drivers license, I cut it into pieces and drip feed the pieces into the garbage over the course of a few months.
Call me paranoid but I think there will be a cottage industry in sifting through garbage once this tech gets mature enough!
- 0cf8612b2e1e 3y agoConsidering all of my confidential information has already been leaked by some tech entity or another, yeah a bit paranoid. Concentrated data is juicier than mining trash.
- KennyBlanken 3y agoYour trash bags are ripped open and co-mingled as they're sorted through by workers as it zips by on a conveyor belt. You're being very, very excessively paranoid doing anything more than just cutting it into a piece or two across the ID number.
- shwaj 3y agoLol! I do that with drivers licenses too. I laugh at myself as I do it.
- Scoundreller 3y agoUgh, I had to get a failed bank card replaced at a branch once and had to train the clerk to cut through the chip, not just the magstripe.
- justinclift 3y ago> I cut it into pieces and drip feed the pieces into the garbage over the course of a few months. That seems like both more effort, and potentially less effective, than just burning them?