whyso

Why do you wish to continue the tradition?

1. Nope, if you overwrite the disk a bunch of times it is impossible to get the data off. Putting a HDD in water, as you suggest, on the other hand will not affect the data.

2. Also mention how you would use Accurint and such =p. Anyhow, you are right he is screwed as far as info of him being available. By having a facebook he has permanently made a lot of information available, and most likely has in other ways as well.

3. Good advice, though it most likely would not help him much.

4. Yup, he needs to turn to documents fraud most likely to score a new identity.

I suppose it would be impossible for you to give an example you worked on...