When a malicious person wants to use a simple method to obtain personal or sensitive information (e.g. passwords, banking information, sensitive files), dumpster diving can be a goldmine!
In Belgium, 15% of identity theft is done via this technique!
In the United States, two homeless people went through the garbage to find leftovers. They met again a week later and one of them was wearing a suit and tie and carrying a state-of-the-art smartphone. The other asked him how he did it. His answer: "I went through the garbage like you did... except I found a guy's password, his account number... I just stole his identity, call me Robert now.
Never write down information such as passwords and destroy documents that contain sensitive information (shredder, secure bin or shred them into small pieces if you don't have such equipment available).
source: www.besafe.be
