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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>dumpster diving</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../D.html" title="D"/><link rel="previous" href="dump.html" title="dump"/><link rel="next" href="dusty-deck.html" title="dusty deck"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">dumpster diving</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="dump.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">D</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="dusty-deck.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="dumpster-diving"/><dt xmlns="" id="dumpster-diving"><b>dumpster diving</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/dump'·ster di:´·ving/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. The practice of sifting refuse from an office or technical
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installation to extract confidential data, especially security-compromising
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information (‘dumpster’ is an Americanism for what is elsewhere
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called a <span class="firstterm">skip</span>). Back in AT&T's
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monopoly days, before paper shredders became common office equipment, phone
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phreaks (see <a href="../P/phreaking.html"><i class="glossterm">phreaking</i></a>) used to organize regular
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dumpster runs against phone company plants and offices. Discarded and
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damaged copies of AT&T internal manuals taught them much. The
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technique is still rumored to be a favorite of crackers operating against
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careless targets. </p></dd><dd><p> 2. The practice of raiding the dumpsters behind buildings where
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producers and/or consumers of high-tech equipment are located, with the
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expectation (usually justified) of finding discarded but still-valuable
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equipment to be nursed back to health in some hacker's den. Experienced
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dumpster-divers not infrequently accumulate basements full of moldering
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(but still potentially useful) <a href="../C/cruft.html"><i class="glossterm">cruft</i></a>.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="dump.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../D.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="dusty-deck.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">dump </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> dusty deck</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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