Re: IBM and Identity Theft--Hard Drive

tfodom@xxxxxxxxx wrote

> My proposal to IBM was that I would physically destroy the disk so that
> data could not be recovered from it. Then, I would return it to them.

Trouble is that anyone could use that approach if they wanted a new hard
drive that had not failed under warranty but had just been dropped etc.

> I guess there is a scenario that I could keep doing this during the
> warranty period of one year and mangle my way through100 or so jard
> drives--assuming quick delivery and no objection on their part after "x"
> incidents.

Or just once after you had dropped it etc.

> Of course, this scenario could be played out on other items
> that don't carry data on them like a cd-rom drive or keyboard.
> This is not an issue that's been in the news lately.

> I'm not qualified to determine how to protect the manufacturers.
> I'm really more concerned how to protect my data from misuse in
> today's world. Identity theft, as we know it today, is relatively new.

Then you had better learn how to use the security
feature thats been in laptop hard drives for years now.

> Parts return has been in place a long time.

And so has that data security question
when getting anything repaired etc.

> It would be my belief that the industry can find some way
> to accomodate both the manufacturer and the customer,

Been around for years now with that security feature.

> e.g. perhaps provide only one hard drive
> replacement during the warranty period.
> Dunno if that would work for them.

Corse not.

> I do know that replacement hard drives of this type
> are relatively inexpensive at retail. I can buy one and
> may end up having to pay for it. However, that makes
> the warranty useless to me, and, I'd suspect, others.

See above.

> It's just a matter of time until something
> happens that will require legistlation.

Wrong, there are perfectly adequate approaches available now.

> It would be nice if industry could head that off.

Nothing to 'head off'

> Identity and data theft is just too big a problem.

And that is one of the reasons laptop hard drives have that level of security.


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