Tips: Keeping Your Information Safe – Old Computers With Damaging Data

Every year technology makes another leap forward leaving your old computer deeper in the dust.  When it comes time to upgrade, no matter which way you get rid of your old hardware there are some security measures to undertake.

  • One popular method is to remove the hard drive from your computer and break it yourself. Hard drives are relatively inexpensive and this method insures that no one will be able to use any of your data, deleted or not.
  • If you want to keep the hard drive try KillDisk. It wipes and re writes your entire hard drive masking and overwriting all of your old data preventing theft.

Don’t think that simply deleting something and emptying the recycle bin saves you from data theft. Data persists on the disk and can be recovered and used to commit identity fraud/theft.

Whether you are giving the computer to a friend or family member, trading/recycling it for a new device, or throwing it into the dumpster be sure to clean or dismantle the hard drive to ensure your safety.

By practicing safe security with your data you can help prevent technical thefts that threaten your life with financial and emotional damage.

 

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