Registering/Accounts with online vendors

[Monty J. Harder]

"Michael" <mogmios at mlug.missouri.edu> wrote:

> I once had a customer call back and complain that he'd received a
> refurbished drive that still had all the last owners confidential business
> data on it. I believe he called the original owner.. getting the phone
> number from the harddrive.. and they filed a suit against Western Digital.
> That's just bad because the person sending in the original drive assumed
> that after it was fixed it'd be wiped before being sent back out.

  Remember this the next time someone asks why law-abiding citizens need
strong crypto.