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old comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41150483

Where I live (250 apartment complex in Sweden) people throw old computers in the electronics trash room, I scavenge the room every day multiple times when I take my dog out for a walk like some character out of Mad Max. I mix and match components from various computers and drop debian on them then run docker containers for various purposes. I've given my parents, cousins and friends Frankenstein servers like this. You'd be amazed at what people throw away, not uncommon to find working laptops with no passwords that log straight into Windows filled with all kinds of family photos. Sometimes unlocked iPhones from 5 years ago. It's a sick world we live in. We deserve everything that's coming for us.



I'm not sure if that a sign of the coming apocalypse.

I hope it reflects the fact that most people don't have a great understanding of IT and cyber security rather than a sign of a sick world ;)




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