dumpster diving
/dump' -ster di:' -ving/ 1. The practice of sifting refuse from an office or technical installation to extract confidential data, especially security-compromising information ("dumpster" is an Americanism for what is elsewhere called a "skip"). Back in AT&T' s monopoly days, before paper shredders became common office equipment, phone phreaks (see phreaking) used to organise regular dumpster runs against phone company plants and offices. Discarded and damaged copies of AT&T internal manuals taught them much. The technique is st ILL rumored to be a favourite of crackers operating against careless targets. 2. The practice of raiding the dumpsters behind buildings where producers and/or consumers of high-tech equipment are located, with the expectation (usually justified) of finding discarded but st ILL-valuable equipment to be nursed back to health in some hacker' s den. Experienced dumpster-divers not infrequently accumulate basements full of moldering (but st ILL potentially useful) cruft. [ Jargon File] In addition suitable contents: [ 2 ] [ = ] [ ag ] [ ai ] [ al ] [ alt ] [ am ] [ an ] [ ar ] [ arc ] [ arg ] [ as ] [ AT ] [ at ] [ AT&T ] [ au ] [ av ] [ B ] [ b ] [ ba ] [ base ] [ be ] [ ca ] [ card ] [ cat ] [ cc ] [ ch ] [ ci ] [ ck ] [ co ] [ com ] [ con ] [ cons ] [ cr ] [ cracker ] [ cu ] [ D ] [ data ] [ dd ] [ de ] [ ding ] [ disc ] [ du ] [ dump ] [ E ] [ ec ] [ ed ] [ ee ] [ eg ] [ eh ] [ er ] [ era ] [ es ] [ et ] [ expect ] [ fi ] [ file ] [ fo ] [ for ] [ fr ] [ ga ] [ ge ] [ gh ] [ gs ] [ gu ] [ h ] [ hack ] [ hacker ] [ hat ] [ hn ] [ hr ] [ ht ] [ id ] [ ie ] [ il ] [ in ] [ int ] [ io ] [ iq ] [ is ] [ it ] [ J ] [ Jargon File ] [ ke ] [ ki ] [ la ] [ ld ] [ Lex ] [ ls ] [ lt ] [ lu ] [ ly ] [ ma ] [ man ] [ mm ] [ mo ] [ mod ] [ module ] [ mp ] [ mu ] [ na ] [ nc ] [ ne ] [ nf ] [ ng ] [ ni ] [ no ] [ ns ] [ nu ] [ om ] [ op ] [ org ] [ pa ] [ pe ] [ ph ] [ phreaking ] [ pl ] [ plants ] [ pm ] [ pr ] [ query ] [ rc ] [ re ] [ ro ] [ ru ] [ run ] [ sc ] [ se ] [ sh ] [ si ] [ sk ] [ sm ] [ so ] [ spec ] [ st ] [ su ] [ sum ] [ T ] [ tar ] [ target ] [ th ] [ to ] [ tr ] [ ua ] [ ug ] [ um ] [ us ] [ va ] [ ve ] [ vi ]
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