Dumpster Drive file sharing: trash to you, treasure to others

[etdragon]

Dumpster Drive file sharing: trash to you, treasure to others.

[newsimage]http://static.rankone.nl/images_posts/2011/07/TcC80r.jpg[/newsimage]Recycling is an environmentally conscious way to dispose of paper, bottles, cans, and other miscellaneous items that you no longer have a use for.  But what about all those files on your computer that get deleted every day?  Dumpster Drive is a Mac OS X application that looks to recycle unwanted files by sharing them with people who may find them useful.


Read the full article here: [http://www.myce.com/news/dumpster-drive-file-sharing-trash-to-you-treasure-to-others-48724/](http://www.myce.com/news/dumpster-drive-file-sharing-trash-to-you-treasure-to-others-48724/)


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[Zzyzxroad]

Will this be the new loophole to file sharing? I guess making a copy of a file isnt possible to make according to the logic of this program.

[jbkingjr]

Sure it is - just make a copy of the file on your computer, and then stick the copy in the dumpster, this way you have a copy as does someone else. Good way to share files with a specific person, at least.

[debro]

How do you differentiate between personal files being deleted/overwritten and stuff you actually want to share?