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Report: 99% of recycled cell phones still contain owner data : Christopher Null : Yahoo! Tech

Seeded on Tue Feb 3, 2009 4:00 PM EST
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"Why, last week a New Zealand man bought a used MP3 player for about 10 bucks... and was bemused to find it preloaded with U.S. military records and personnel data for troops stationed in the Middle East."

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I'm just thinking of all the information I didn't clear out of the last phone I donated.

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Reply#1 - Tue Feb 3, 2009 4:04 PM EST
Division by Zero

Used computers are the same way. Most people forget to reformat the drive and just install the operating system.

    Reply#2 - Tue Feb 3, 2009 5:05 PM EST
    My Own Conclusions

    I don't have to worry about my computers- I use them until they are unusable :)

      #2.1 - Tue Feb 3, 2009 5:39 PM EST
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