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Originally Posted by halfpint
My son bought a second hand pc from a this couple, when I drove him to go pick it up, the woman said she had just deleted her private data from the hard drive.
When we get it home everything she had deleted was in the recycle bin, she hadent even emptied it.
There was all kinds of family pics, word docs, mp3s and included was a few of her doing some rather naughty things..
Wow some people are so stupid when selling second hand PCs
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Delete everything!
Even though you bought the pc the law can be wierd about using any info you find.
The best thing is to erase the hard drive before you even look at it.
That way if the seller does get a bank account ripped the cops can't find that you
have any info by searching the computer and blame you for it.
Also removes any possible CP!
The curiosity thing has gotten a lot of people in trouble. They just wanted to
log into that secret thing once......officer.
