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[MountainLaurel]

Not related to computers, but important nonetheless:

If you're using a photocopy machine anywhere but in your own home, whether it's a Kinko's or a college library, make sure you take EVERYTHING with you when you go. Not just the good copies, but your originals and any mistake copies that you toss aside.

I work in a community college library and since January, in the process of straightening up before closing, I have found at least 20 documents with SSNs and immigration numbers on them, several bank statements complete with account numbers, tax returns, and tuition receipts with credit card numbers. Luckily, I'm a good person who doesn't have enough time to run an identity theft scam, but that doesn't mean that some of our less savory students would be as accommodating.