2024-06-13 19:21:56 +00:00
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This is a proposal to create an ongoing event aimed at procuring more
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quality hardware for HacDC.
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## Proposal Vitals
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**Status**: In Progress, Discussion
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- Project Lead: ?
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- Proposed Budget: \$0
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- Goals:
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- To obtain more quality hardware for HacDC
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- To teach the public/corporations about proper Data Destruction
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techniques
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- To build relationships with potential donors, future sources of
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hardware
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- To develop & demo creative ways of recycling computers
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## Detailed Proposal
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A lot of local companies and non-profits have old computers sitting
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around. They know they need to destroy the data before the dispose of
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the machines, but they can't afford a professional disposal service.
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I thought it would be fun to have a public event where we would teach
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people how to dismantle and destroy their hard-drives. We could pitch it
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as a security event, capitalizing on the Hacker name in a positive way.
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We could publicize the event by sending invitations to local companies,
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perhaps through the chamber of commerce. I'd like to also invite local
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non-profits but I don't know if there's an easy way to reach them.
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My thought was that we could harvest the magnets and use them to build a
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windmill generator. The only problem is that I've been too tired to
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follow through. My current consulting arrangment ends on the first of
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January. If I don't get another job or contract immediately I may have
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time to work on this.
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## Links
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[1](http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.20.1489)
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[2](http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/~verplank/ThePlank.pdf)
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2024-06-13 01:48:44 +00:00
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[Category:Proposed Projects](Category:Proposed_Projects "wikilink")
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