Friday, October 26, 2012

Pocket Litter, the Data That You Carry

Stratfor put out an interesting article about "pocket litter" and how much data can be gleaned from it.

It's not just cops who can do the gleaning, of course. So you may want to take a hard look at the stuff you've got in your wallet, your pockets, your purse and in your smartphone.

2 comments:

  1. My home is like hoarder 101.
    It would be really funny to see the look on some "teams" face with the mounds of shit to go thru here! I had to help the inlaws clean up Mom's home. Took us 6 full weeks, but she had a larger house than we do. And every box and bag had to be gone thru by hand.
    w3ski

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  2. If you're afraid of being stopped and frisked for pocket litter, you should add to it rather than eliminating it.

    Insert in pockets four or five very wet, snottym and ragged tissue; a small sealed plastic bag of dog poop; a sheep's eyeball in a sealed plastic tube of formaldehyde; and a couple of aspirin in a a box labeled "psoriasis medication" Then, when stopped by a cop who asks what you're carrying, simply shrug and say, "Search me!"

    Crankily yours,
    The New York Crank

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