Dumpster Drive: File-Sharing For Your Digital Trash 79
An anonymous reader writes "Dumpster Drive is a file-sharing application that recycles digital files. Using dumpster diving as a model for recirculating unwanted objects, Dumpster Drive allows others to dig through files that you delete on your computer in a passive file-sharing network. Instead of simply erasing data from your computer, the software allows users to extend the lifecycle of their unwanted files and pass them on to others." Not sure how useful this is, but I think it's a neat idea.
All I have to say is (Score:4, Insightful)
You Know What Dumpster Diving Is For, Right? (Score:2, Insightful)
Maybe it's a generational thing, but the /. summary writer seems to have missed the point of why people (used to) dumpster dive: collect intelligence that could be used AGAINST the divee. I'd LOVE to pick through other people's stuff, but I'll be GD'ed if I'm going to reciprocate. The crap I delete includes material nearly as valuable in terms of PII, PI, and IP as the stuff I keep on my drives, whether home or office.
Re:Security Risk? (Score:4, Insightful)
maybe the idea is that you could say to the riaa cops that you didn't share the file, you deleted it..