Crime & Clues

The Twentieth Century will inevitably bring with it an enormous surge of technological innovations. Today, as the world's technology sector continues to expand, more and more people are compelled to become involved. The Internet, specifically, the World Wide Web, provides a medium in which the average individual can experiment with the benefits associated with the emerging computerized society we are in the midst of developing.

Within the last five years, both the growth and usage of the Internet has expanded at an enormous rate. It can be safe to assume that the Internet and the terms associated with it are becoming a part of the vernacular. Unless you have been living under a rock or have been the unfortunate owner of a "dinosaur," the term used to describe an old and antiquated personal computer, you have probably come into some contact with the Internet. Whether you've been exposed to it or not is a totally different issue.

Abstract

Take a moment and reminisce about your childhood days. Remember the chest or crate stuffed with all your favorite toys and games? Think about those adrenaline rushes you experienced each time you rummaged through and found just the toy or game you were looking for. This same kind of feeling is mimicked in the mind of a dumpster diver who sorts through mounds of rubbish while looking for that special treasure. In this age of 'paperless offices' and technological innovations; trash cans continue to stake their place in the world. This paper will discuss dumpster diving as a form of computer attack. It will analyze the motives of those individuals who take part in attacks of this sort. Furthermore, real life scenarios of dumpster diving will be presented. Moreover, suggested methods of protection for the tangible information and objects thrown out to the world on a daily basis will be examined. Finally, several conclusions will be drawn with regards to dumpster diving.