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Comment Safer hard drive disposal. (Score 2) 261

by Ectospheno (#38127306) Attached to: Of all my locally stored data, I encrypt ...

I encrypt everything not because I'm paranoid or have anything super secret but because it is easier to dispose of old hard drives. When I replace a drive I simply throw the old one away. I don't have to spend any time wondering if there was anything on there I needed to wipe. I don't have to spend any time worrying about how to wipe a broken drive.
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Submission + - AP: Populations around US nuke plants soared (sfgate.com)

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mdsolar
mdsolar writes: "As America's nuclear power plants have aged, the once-rural areas around them have become far more crowded and much more difficult to evacuate. Yet government and industry have paid little heed, even as plants are running at higher power and posing more danger in the event of an accident, an Associated Press investigation has found.

Populations around the facilities have swelled as much as 4 1/2 times since 1980, a computer-assisted population analysis shows.

But some estimates of evacuation times have not been updated in decades, even as the population has increased more than ever imagined. Emergency plans would direct residents to flee on antiquated, two-lane roads that clog hopelessly at rush hour."
Idle

Submission + - TSA stands by officers after pat-down of elderly w (cnn.com)

Submitted by wjcofkc
wjcofkc writes: The Transportation Security Administration stood by its security officers Sunday after a Florida woman complained that her cancer-stricken, 95-year-old mother was patted down and forced to remove her adult diaper while going through security.

Submission + - New FBI Operations Manual Increases Surveillance (nytimes.com)

Submitted by betterunixthanunix
betterunixthanunix writes: The New York Times is reporting that the new FBI operations manual suggests a broad increase in surveillance. Denoted the Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide, the manual officially lowers the bar of acceptability when it comes to engaging in surveillance activities, including allowing agents to perform such surveillance on people who are not suspected terrorists without opening an inquiry or officially recording their actions. The new manual also relaxes rules on administering lie detector tests, searching through a person's trash, and the use of teams to follow targeted individuals. It should be noted that these guidelines still fall within the general limits put in place by the attorney general.

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