Dumpster diving

Greenfield (2017) on his website “Robgreenfield.tv” Greenfield has written a number of blogs about his experience in reducing his impact on the environment. A couple of those blogs talk about how he’s reduced a big part of his food waste, and gone dumpster diving to feed hungry people. I read the book titled “Fast Food Nation” written by Eric Schlosser (2001). I thought this book would give me a better insight on how wasteful Americans are. However, I found that the book just gave me a better…

negligible speaking roles? Why is a Hitler joke Anja and Vladek made about Artie when he was an infant included in this book; it seems inappropriate? Why do I as the reader care that Vladek has idiosyncrasies such as: separating nails by their length, dumpster diving, claiming being seated is “dirty,” breaking and entering after the war to retrieve memorabilia, aaand soliciting the use of restroom paper towels because he is the literal stereotype of a miserly old Jewish man. Why is Anja stoic…

Rummaging through rubbish for personal information (dumpster diving) Retrieving personal data from redundant IT equipment and storage media including PCs, servers, PDAs, mobile phones, USB memory sticks and hard drives that have been disposed of carelessly at public dump sites, given away or sold on without having been properly sanitized Using public records about individual citizens, published in official registers such as electoral rolls Stealing bank or credit cards, identification cards,…

for its purpose is naturally beautiful. The area was the village fishing depot and so is commonly used for fishing purposes as well as bird watching and photography . This can be seen in figure 4. It is not however, conducive for picnics swimming or diving as the soil is soft and one can easily sink as much as two feet into it in one step. It is accessible on foot but only up to a point with safe and secure parking facilities in the depot area. If managed sustainably its can be protected. The…

How technology has changed society through identity theft Zaida Liciaga Turabo University Prof. Myra Velez Abstract Until not long ago, when a thief stole the wallet or briefcases, money was all he intended. That is changing, now the most valuable is the number of your credit card, debit cards, checks and other documents containing personal information. Currently this type of fraud are based on stealing confidential information through social networks. Identity theft is one of the fastest…

Identity theft occurs more often than what most individuals are aware of. This crime is very common in the United States. In 1998, identity theft became known as a federal crime in the U.S. Technology plays an important factor of identity theft and other frauds in the world. According to the book, “identity theft is considered to be one of the fastest growing form of fraud” (Brightman). In order to prevent identity theft from occurring, I do believe that individual needs to have the knowledge so…

he was 10 years old. His Catholic family sold him to a Protestant merchant who neglected him and left him to the streets. He survived by shining shoes in front of stores but got into a turf war with the neighborhood kids. He was forced to go dumpster diving and luckily was found by the police. He refused to talk to them so they assumed he was an immigrant. Dorothy listened as he talked uninterrupted and felt a connection to Zachariah that she could not…

personal computer. All of these can be hacked, or stolen by someone of an adequate skill level. Likewise, proprietary information can be gained from loop holes in existing law. For example law does not regulate or dictate gathering of trash via dumpster diving or simple spying. Many firms have participated in this…

Vulnerability assessment as related to IT environment is any flaw or weakness in the network infrastructure’s defenses that could be exploited in order to create an impact on the network. When it comes to network architectures vulnerability is a security weakness and mostly it is not being seen as a security threat. Protecting and defending a network successfully requires an effective system architecture security. Plus organization, network engineers and administrators must have policies,…

him he needed a special hole punch for a school project. The driver helpfully directed him to the public transportation supply store, where he could buy the special punch needed for transfer passes. 15 bucks from his mom for the punch, a little dumpster-diving at the bus depot for unused transfers, and Mitnick was able to ride the LA bus system anytime for free.” (Gots) This was the beginning of a…