Getting Porn

Getting Porn
by Dustan Burt Published: Jan 21, 2015
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Don't recycle that old laptop without reading this first!
When the latest technological gadgets hit the market, suddenly your computer and smartphone seem sad and useless. So you decide to sell your antiquated calculating contraptions to offset the cost of the miracle machines being touted by the media. But what are you really selling to the guy on Craigslist you’re meeting at the McDonald’s down the street?
The answer is: literally every single thing you have on your computer, including your massive alphabetized porn stash (both by category and actor name, no less).
You may think you got rid of all the dirty secrets on that computer you're planning to sell, but you've probably missed a few things. And I should know, because I'm the guy who cleans it.
My job basically amounts to a computer janitor. I mainly operate freelance on Craigslist and other online sites to buy used and broken laptops. I’ve cleaned up and sold several dozen computers, and I've come across a lot of porn. I mean a lot of it. Not to mention the personal information people leave behind, including in one instance the entire database of a local law office.
Before you give away or sell another computer, follow these simple steps to make sure you've protected your identity, and your dignity.
I cannot tell you the number of times I have found multiple of files absolutely filled with porn. Most appalling is the fact that nobody has yet even attempted to hide the file.
Let’s be clear: No matter where you put your personal spank bank, I will find it. But it’s still nice to see a little effort went into hiding it, rather than having it sit directly under your ‘My Documents’ tab.
Once, I even found a sex contract detailing all the disgusting stuff the sex slave was expected to do, including salad tossing, flapping the doodle, and corking the cavity. I could barely read the “squid play” clause.
There are multiple sites to access this content for free, rendering saving it onto your hard drive pointless. I know you know which sites those are. I’ve looked at your browser history. And speaking of...
This simple task is overlooked way too often. Are people just in such a hurry to unload their computers and make a quick fifty bucks that they don't have a few minutes to cover their online tracks?
It's not just the porn sites you've visited—which can get pretty bizarre. (We tried to warn you, Internet Porn Has Gotten So Much Weirder Than You Could Possibly Imagine .) It's also the stuff that seems innocuous. Browsing habits give a lot of personal details away, such as Facebook profiles and email accounts. By the time you get home, I could’ve posted the contents of that one folder you told your girlfriend you promised you deleted right onto your Facebook wall. And that creepy uncle from that one family reunion? He’s already liked it.
Make sure you've hit all your internet browsers. A typical computer has more than one, each with their own bookmarks and history. Even if Google Chrome is your browswer of choice, who knows what Grandma was looking at that one time she borrowed your computer and opened up Internet Explorer.
There are a variety of ways to erase data on a hard drive. Since your data is stored magnetically, you can use that same technology to erase the hard drive as well.
Remember that degaussing machine you bought last year because you couldn’t pass up that $20k deal at Walmart? Now you can put it to use! Just pop the ol’ grumble drive into one of the slots and it does the work for you. Don’t have access to a degaussing machine? Just use a welder’s magnet to pass over the drive a few times in the same direction.
Darik’s Boot and Nuke (DBAN) is another alternative. DBAN is a very powerful (and free) application to delete the partitions on your hard drive, rendering it useless until it’s properly formatted. For you non-tech nerd readers out there, it’s the equivalent to cleaning those mysterious stains found all over those stiff towels by just throwing them out. (Seriously, throw them out. I’m looking at them right now from your unsecured webcam.)
This method isn’t 100% effective, as someone with the proper software and time can recover these deleted files. if you want to be extra cautious, your best bet is to...
Not only is it safe, it's also the most fun way to make sure nobody can access the contents of your personal shame.
Just make sure you first remove the drive from the computer before you start playing wack-a-byte. Then, pry it open using your favorite hammer. Inside, you should see a flawless reflective disc. Carefully remove this disc with your hammer, place it on the ground, and then use said hammer to turn that disc into a fine dust.
Snorting this dust does not grant direct transmission of porn into your brain, so please don't try this.
Depending on exactly how much sensitive (porn) data you have on your drive, it might be beneficial to just keep the drive for yourself. You can even buy adapters to turn that drive into USB storage to load even more porn onto. It’s a win-win situation! This method might affect your selling price, but is there really a price for personal security? Or for your detailed collection of interracial dwarf face-sitting pictures?
(It's not just the computers you give away that put you at risk. Here's some pointers on How to Protect Yourself from Evil Hackers .)
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Ask yourself if porn is the right industry for you. On the outset, porn seems like the perfect career for adventurous, sexually-active actors. You get paid to have sex almost every day, and the pay is actually pretty good once you get started. But porn comes with a series of risks as well, and they may outweigh the perceived benefits. Things to remember include:

Your image, once filmed, will be online forever, even if you try and switch careers.
You need to take the time every day to stay in shape , eat well, and keep clean and hygienic.
You are not having sex for fun, you are doing it for your job. Expect the intimacy and spontaneity of sex to disappear during a 4-hour video shoot.
Maintaining a committed relationship while in porn can be almost impossible, as jealousy is only natural. [2]
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