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This morning I found in our garbage room an empty carton box from DHL.
It had the name and address of one of my neighbors who is also a satellite enthusiast.
The label shows that the box content was a VU+ SOLO 4K
I can't understand why most people want to give burglars a reason to give them a visit?
This receiver after paying local taxes is quite expensive. He should have taken off any personal information and thrown the carton box in the recycling bins.
I usually use a paper shredder, which is a bit laborious as I feed it with paper in small numbers not more than 3 or 4 pages although it can take a lot more.
If you don't have access to a paper shredder, this simple method will do the job:
Stick the paper in a small bucket, fill it with water and let it soak for few minutes. It will become mushy so just roll it up anyway you like and send it to a recycling bin. Or even better, put it in a paper recycling bin, as the water soaking I believe is the first stage they use in the recycling factories.
 
If you have access to a garden and there are no laws against having a fire pit, chimnea or open bonfires, then you can destroy sensitive & personal info in there too, plus there's something cathartic about having a nice raging fire going outdoors... :D
 
2cvbloke said:
If you have access to a garden and there are no laws against having a fire pit, chimnea or open bonfires, then you can destroy sensitive & personal info in there too, plus there's something cathartic about having a nice raging fire going outdoors... :D
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Fortunately we don't have this possibility. Fire hazards you know.
The idea is to recycle the paper.
 
HB13DISH16 said:
The idea is to recycle the paper.
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Paper is carbon, carbon is absorbed by trees, trees become paper, paper recycled... :)


(plus the ash is useful in the garden for nutrients, so another useful part)
 
Makes for nicer looking trees though, and besides, recycled paper is usually just bogroll anyway... :)
 
Or you can use this "Plus Camouflage Roller Stamp"
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HB13DISH16 said:
This morning I found in our garbage room an empty carton box from DHL.
It had the name and address of one of my neighbors who is also a satellite enthusiast.
The label shows that the box content was a VU+ SOLO 4K
I can't understand why most people want to give burglars a reason to give them a visit?
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Awaiting your first post in the VU+ section of the forum soon.
 
I shred anything with a name address phone number or other info in a criss-cross shredder, then pulp it in a 5 gallon metal bucket with water and a electric paint mixer, then dry out the pulp flake it out then burn the pulp when dry, or if you don't want to burn it, it makes great mulch for a garden.

But I have a bunch of "Above Black" information that needs to be disposed of.
 
Whilst I agree about destroying paper address labels, invoices, account-related letters and so on as we do by shredding, IMHO I doubt that most potential fraudsters would want to "waste" their time trying to put together a jigsaw puzzle of small strips of paper from the "average person's" recycling bags in the hope of finding enough useful financially-related info to make it worthwhile.

Internet/telephone info capture/pfishing fraud seems to be a far more lucrative pastime - and you don't even have to go to the person's house to do it!
 
That's why I always use the paperless billing options. I very rarely get letter post now, just the Amazon avalanche of cheap dvds etc :D
 
Chris1979 said:
That's why I always use the paperless billing options. I very rarely get letter post now, just the Amazon avalanche of cheap dvds etc :D
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We get very little surface mail and next to no spam. It's not hard to achieve, just so long as the keys are not left under the flowerpot!

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Chris1979 said:
That's why I always use the paperless billing options. I very rarely get letter post now, just the Amazon avalanche of cheap dvds etc :D
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There are still the address labels and delivery notes in the packages that need to be destroyed - and then there is the possibility of a keylogger (or something far more sophisticated!) having been downloaded to your computer to track what you buy, from where - and how you pay for it.
 
Chris1979 said:
That's why I always use the paperless billing options. I very rarely get letter post now, just the Amazon avalanche of cheap dvds etc :D
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We had a spate of lost / missing mail a few years back

Turns out the TV licensing people (AKA Capita) had influence/control of the PAF - Postal Address Finder, and could adjust what was the personal detail of the householder or residents using a particular dwelling for their own purposes.

It could be continuing of course, it is impossible to find out where all mail sent out to an address ends up.
 
Lazarus said:
We get very little surface mail and next to no spam. It's not hard to achieve, just so long as the keys are not left under the flowerpot!
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Keys - both physical and otherwise :D
 
jeallen01 said:
There are still the address labels and delivery notes in the packages that need to be destroyed - and then there is the possibility of a keylogger (or something far more sophisticated!) having been downloaded to your computer to track what you buy, from where - and how you pay for it.
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I take all steps needed, and go above to comply with the "fraud guarantee" with my bank, so if my card is cloned or similar it's not my problem. (Yes I have been a victim of fraud)

I only use my iPhone for mobile banking, PayPal, paym etc I never use a desktop pc for that kind of thing.



Channel Hopper said:
We had a spate of lost / missing mail a few years back

Turns out the TV licensing people (AKA Capita) had influence/control of the PAF - Postal Address Finder, and could adjust what was the personal detail of the householder or residents using a particular dwelling for their own purposes.

It could be continuing of course, it is impossible to find out where all mail sent out to an address ends up.
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When I lived in Sherborne, a load of flats had post stolen, the problem was the postman not pushing the letters fully through the door, a few minutes after the postman an undesirable person would steal the letters from the letter box.

A few months after that happened a load of us had identity theft.
 
Chris
Re the iPhone, IS the IOS still as secure as it is reputed to be, as I have seen comments to the contrary?
 
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