Three years undercover with the identity thieves

[Noreen]

Interesting article. http://www.infoworld.com/news/feeds/09/01/20/Three-years-undercover-with-the-identity-thieves.html?source=gs

[Rik]

Quite scary too. This whole process is so organised these days.

[Niall]

There are actually offices (I know of one that was shut down) that hire people to call around agencies trying to obtain information, and they get paid per piece of info they get.

The only trouble with this is, if people get hold of all your details there's nothing stopping them claiming to be you as they could answer any and all security checks. This is why people should be more careful with the disposal of their documents. It would only take finding 3-4 letters in your rubbish to get everything a person needs.

[Rik]

I have two shredders these days, Niall. Unthinkable a decade ago.

[cavillas]

I tried to put one of those identity theives into my shredder but he wouldn't fit.

[Rik]

Use an industrial mulcher, Alf.

[Simon]

I have piles and piles of old bills, statements and other paperwork which needs shredding.  I just can't build myself up to sitting for hours feeding each sheet in, one or two at a time.  It's one of those jobs that has just got worse, the longer I left it, and now it's becoming insurmountable.   

[Gary]

I have piles and piles of old bills, statements and other paperwork which needs shredding.  I just can't build myself up to sitting for hours feeding each sheet in, one or two at a time.  It's one of those jobs that has just got worse, the longer I left it, and now it's becoming insurmountable.   

When we mved we hqad a huge shredding campain Simon, redious but worth it, the thing is peeling labels with your details on off plastic which drives me mad

[uxbod]

I have two shredders these days, Niall. Unthinkable a decade ago.

Rik, how do manage to re-shred each piece of paper once it has been through once   

[Rik]

Simple, Ux. First I put the shredded paper in a bucket and add hot water with a small amount of cellulose wallpaper paste. I mix this thoroughly and allow it to soak for 24 hours. I take the resultant goo, and lay it into mesh frames, thus creating new sheets of paper. These are air dried before trimming to size and shredding. After this, I set the resulting shreds on fire in an incinerator.

I learnt the technique from wiping hard drives.

[Tacitus]

I learnt the technique from wiping hard drives.

So I drop my hard drive in a bucket of water.....     

[Rik]

Don't forget the Polycell.

[uxbod]

 

[Colin Burns]

I have piles and piles of old bills, statements and other paperwork which needs shredding.  I just can't build myself up to sitting for hours feeding each sheet in, one or two at a time.  It's one of those jobs that has just got worse, the longer I left it, and now it's becoming insurmountable.   

just wait for bonfire night Simon and use your paper work to start the fire