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    wow i dont go on this site s much as i used to but dang! haha well guess im not getting the music anymore i havent bought the usb thing yet i mean im still buying it next week to wipe the hard drives. but i will say this what people post to my posts i cannot control so please dont comment about the stuff hmburner said. also i clearly said i am not going to look at pictures or any personal records of any type. its music its just like if i was to get an xbox 360 with predownloaded games on it i can play the games without lawsuits. Also they toss the towers in a bin nobody actually knows where they go after the bin and also its just like somebody throwing away metal you turn it into money well i would be turning the hard drives into music. i am not going to do it but i also dont get why the big co-motion like i said somebody throws out a cd the cops dont arrest you because you didnt pay for it.



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    Big difference in between a music CD an pillaging someones Hard drive for music in my eyes. Your being trusted to destroy it, not take ANYTHING off of it.

    You want free music? Learn about torrents once again. I suggested this before. Get all you like..for free!..lest your not violating someones privacy an setting yourself up for trouble if you are ever caught at it. Or again...Join IHeartradio or Pandora...every song, genre, whatever.
    Both are free, ya know.

    You can do as you like your a big boy, but there is more then enough ways out there to get music without going through someones hard drive. An this ain't all about what HM posted, folks were telling you this from the get go.

    An yes you can obtain just about any music you want...for free.

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    okay i would just like to end this whole thig on this note this was more of a how do i do this and what are your thoughts on this and by the mass vote haha i will only be wiping hard drives oh and i found out my sister had an external hard drive if anybody finds these the have a converter in them except its only laptop hard drives

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    Okay ... well ....you really don't need all that fancy USB stuff. You can just attach a HDD to the ribbon cable of your tower and use it as a secondary hard drive. You might have to adjust your BIOS settings but otherwise it's pretty straight forward.

    There are a couple of reasons you might not want to bother:

    1: Not everybody has the same tastes in music. Maybe the music files on someone else's machine would be of no interest to you.

    2: These pc's are on the junkpile for a reason. About 1/3 to 1/2 have some level of malware. Sometimes the infection is so bad that it's the reason the machine was tossed in the first place.

    To use an analogy: attaching a strange HDD to your machine is kinda like hooking up with someone you just met in a singles bar.

    You just never know....you might end up with a virus infection that's hard to get rid of.

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    lol..

    I can see it now..

    "Condoms for your computer! Save your self the cost of testing for malware, virus, an other computer related FTDs!"

    I bet that'd be an awesome Durex commercial...or Trojan.. (they really do have some funny ones)

    Someone market this! I'll be happy to accept a 35 pack of cold beverages for providing the awesome idea.

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    Any scrap yard owner that knowingly sells hard drives to someone that is taking data from them should be shut down. Ex specially if it's an employee! Just because people don't erase their data it does not give any of us the right to invade their privacy. When people take stuff to a scrapyard they are under the impression that it's going to be destroyed ! Unscrupulous practices only hurts the industry we are all so passionate about as a whole. If I were your employer hmburner you would be looking for another job. And I would find a way to blackball you from working in any other yard. The one thing that drew me to join this forum was the integrity of the senior members and top contributors on here. Contrary to the old saying, one bad apple "can" spoil the whole barrel.

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    My business offers "guaranteed data destruction" And I obey it. It makes customers feel better about using your business if they can trust you.

    No music or files are worth loosing business, reputation, cutomers, respect.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hmburner View Post
    Working in a scrapyard,I get all the hard drives I want. I bought a USB hard drive reader (about 25 bucks) plug the drives in and root around. This is a source of nightly entertainment since they mostly have pics of other peoples vacations,partys etc. Only once have I found anything off color and by the dates,someone got a digi cam for christmas and took artsy photos of the wife or girlfriend. I would say there is nothing wrong with copying music from them if thats what floats your boat
    Permanent ban for you. What a disgrace this is to yourself, your scrap yard, and to all of the recyclers here who try to create a positive image and representation of the scrap industry. You think it's OK and ethical to snoop through people's sensitive personal information and data? smh
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    Actually, copying the music is illegal as well. When someone purchases music, they are purchasing it for their use and not to pass around for free use.

    We try to stay on the up and up around here to maintain the aspect of a legitimate scrapping forum that holds itself to higher standards because we want to project that and teach it to new scrappers.

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    I'll add one other note here. Many of the computers that I get have the hard drive removed. There are however many channels that I have that bring me fully functioning computers. I can usually tell from first glance if there is anything in there worth testing and reselling vs. selling as scrap. (i.e. RAM power supply, CPU, etc.). If it has components that are worth testing for resale, I will fire that unit up right there and test everything out. I won't poke around in someone's files. Not that I never have, I have just grown in my understanding of privacy and respect that and what it means to the business of recycling.

    It comes down to this. In the business of recycling, we all need to understand the importance of privacy and hold to that. Whether it is directly requested from someone handing you a computer or it is a computer that you find on the side of the road.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sirscrapalot View Post
    lol..

    I can see it now..

    "Condoms for your computer! Save your self the cost of testing for malware, virus, an other computer related FTDs!"

    I bet that'd be an awesome Durex commercial...or Trojan.. (they really do have some funny ones)

    Someone market this! I'll be happy to accept a 35 pack of cold beverages for providing the awesome idea.

    Sirscrapalot - We can't help everyone, but everyone can help someone. - Ronald Reagan
    < Gentle laughter >

    Humm .... I don't know .... This might be one of those situations where you wouldn't want a TROJAN on your hard drive.






    ie: worms,viruses,rootkits,trojans, etc.
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    That's what makes it so funny!

    Trojan man to the rescue for computers that have trojans!

    Careful what network your computer attaches to, never know what they got. Come in for a free screening!

    Ha ha..someone could have fun with this.

    Sirscrapalot - Highly entertained.

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    hmburner - If you want to look at my hard drive (or any), you might as well invite yourself into my bedroom. Get an eye full, hope you sleep dreaming on the curb and in the gutter of your filth! Privacy is private, yours and my privacy should be respected and protected by all period.

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    That is just so funny, Thanks SSA, for giving my imagination something to play with, I just wish I had the spare time to bring your ideas to fruition on Photoshop. Electronic prophylactics, what a concept.

    HDD's are as private as your own wallet, so this really is a discussion on personal morals and ethics. If you are happy looking through drives, taking what you want, and disposing of rest, then you are like a policeman who would pick up someones lost wallet from the side of the road, take the cash and cards for yourself, and toss the rest in the bin.

    We are in a position of trust, and the choice to honour or betray that trust is yours and yours alone. Do the right thing folks !!!

    I am one of those scrappers of e-waste that is also doing the recovery and refining of the precious metals contained in them, and I do not want to see my supply of raw materials shrink because of trust issues in the industry, or myself.

    If this kind of information and data theft continues, then people will trust us as much as sending their kids to a Michael Jackson kindergarten.

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