Bill Ridgeway wrote:
I have just run software which analyses the hardware and software of a
computer. I was surprised to see passwords to ISPs and Outlook Express
accounts which, in use, are hidden by blobs. I already knew that it is very
easy to discover passwords to MS Office files. Access to passwords probably
goes much wider than this.



This is news?


Let this be a lesson. You may not have a file containing all your passwords
for someone to steal your information. It is already on the computer just
waiting to be harvested, possibly remotely!


Not if one takes rudimentary precautions against unauthorized physical
access to the computer, and uses a properly configured firewall.


This strengthens the argument for removing and destroying the hard disk(s)
of any computer before disposing of unwanted computers.



How so? The two issues don't even strike me as remotely relevant.


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