Private data on second-hand hard drives

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Xavier Caballé

Abstract

The acquisition of second-hand hard drives over the Internet is increasingly being performed more normally. The problem is that over half of these discs can retrieve files containing private information from medical records or love letters to credit card numbers. The market purchase / sale of equipment with several years of seniority is very important.



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Caballé, Xavier. 2003. “Private data on second-hand hard drives”. Vivat Academia. Journal of Communication, no. 43 (March):38-43. https://doi.org/10.15178/va.2003.43.38-43.
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Author Biography

Xavier Caballé, Hispasec, http://www.hispasec.com

Programador y analista de sistemas de la empresa española de consultoría y programación Hispasec (www.hispasec.com). Especializado en redes y sistemas de protección de usuarios ante infecciones virales.

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