Garbage can provide important details for hackers: names, telephone numbers, a company's internal jargon.
You can't go to Windows Update and get a patch for stupidity.
Should we fear hackers? Intention is at the heart of this discussion.
A hacker doesnt deliberately destroy data or profit from his activities.
It doesn't work the same way everywhere. The Americans are the most gullible, because they don't like to deny co-workers' requests. People in the former Soviet bloc countries are less trusting, perhaps because of their previous experiences with their countries' secret services.
I could have evaded the FBI a lot longer if I had been able to control my passion for hacking.