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unusual facts about dumpster diving



Freeganism

The manifesto pamphlet "Why Freegan" (written by former Against Me! drummer Warren Oakes in 1999) defines freeganism as "an anti-consumeristic ethic about eating" and goes on to describe practices including dumpster diving, plate scraping, wild foraging, gardening, theft, employee scams, and barter as alternatives to paying for food.

Password strength

Such means include wiretapping, phishing, keystroke logging, social engineering, dumpster diving, shoulder surfing, side-channel attacks, and software vulnerabilities.

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Elderly sisters Ume (Kyōko Kishida) and Kame (Kazuko Yoshiyuki) spend their days dumpster diving in order to find various "treasures" that they haul back to their house, which is full of the various objects that they've collected over the years.


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Information diving

Dumpster diving is commonly practiced by "watchdog" organizations seeking information on groups they are investigating.