This growing affinity for consumer electronics and subsequent reliance on stored data devices to place confidential data like tax returns, client and personnel information, phone numbers, addresses and photos has given rise to increased cases of identity theft.
Identity thieves often prey upon lost, stolen or abandoned computers. Once we delete something from our hard discs or other storage devices, it is not permanently deleted. The data can be recovered by various means. If these storage devices falls in the wrong hands, then the data can be used for various evil deeds. It can take up to several years to correct the problem. And it reaches far beyond households.
At present there are many sophisticated softwares that offer complete erasing of a storage devices. Using them is highly recommended, specially if you are thinking of recycling your device.
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