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A story of muppets.

A story about people's personal and financial details up for sale on street markets in Nigeria - details that have been gleaned from old discarded computers in the UK and which have subsequently found their way to Africa.

Now please excuse my incredulity here but, people are complaining that their details have been hoovered from old pc's that they have taken to coucil tips for dumping or recycling. They assumed that the council would ensure that the computers would be wiped. Since when did it become the responsibility of councils to ensure hard drives are wiped clean from pc's being dumped there. What sort of muppets dump an old pc with all their data still on it?

It's akin to dumping your old wallet/purse/handbag whilst leaving your licence/credit cards/pin numbers etc in it. You wouldn't do that, would you? So, why dump a pc without erasing the hard drive?

Some people shouldn't be allowed to have computers - they're clearly too stupid.