{"id":363,"date":"2007-03-13T06:00:28","date_gmt":"2007-03-13T11:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devinreams.com\/2007\/03\/13\/tuesday-tip-get-a-paper-shredder\/"},"modified":"2007-03-13T06:00:28","modified_gmt":"2007-03-13T11:00:28","slug":"tuesday-tip-get-a-paper-shredder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.reams.me\/?p=363","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday Tip: Get a paper shredder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve put it off for so long. I always know I need to get a shredder and start destroying some documents. With 2006 taxes coming up I have no need to hold onto 2005 pay stubs, I&#8217;ve already reconciled to my W-2s. I have no need to hang onto old University bills, credit card statements, etc. In fact, <a href=\"http:\/\/soundmoneytips.com\/article\/28240\">here&#8217;s a guide on what you can trash<\/a>. But, before you put it out on the curb you should definitely look a little closer..<\/p>\n<p>\t<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\tSo, do what I did and head out to Target (Wal-Mart, Office Max, etc.) and pick up one of those simple paper shredder attachments. They sit right on top of your existing trash cash and get the job done.<\/p>\n<p>\t<center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/devdev\/417788363\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/127\/417788363_c4734c71f2_s.jpg\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" alt=\"Shredder Attachment\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/devdev\/417788157\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/127\/417788157_f9a63ebb54_s.jpg\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" alt=\"Tucked away nicely\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/devdev\/417788237\/\" title=\"Photo Sharing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm1.static.flickr.com\/147\/417788237_0def1e1fe0_s.jpg\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" alt=\"One at a time warning\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\tI was scared to see the last four digits of my SSN showing up on pay stubs. With my name last four, and a little more work someone could probably get my wireless phone account, PayPal password reset, bank password, etc. Heck, with a bank statement you could probably verify my identity over the phone. You&#8217;ve heard of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pretexting#Pretexting\">pretexting<\/a> right?<\/p>\n<p>\tMy new shredder has given me peace of mind and more file cabinet space. So, what are you waiting for? It&#8217;ll probably cost you less than $15.<\/p>\n<p>\t<em>Warning:<\/em> Be sure you only operate your shredder &#8220;one person at a time&#8221;. Muti-person simultaneous use is apparently a little-known hazard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve put it off for so long. I always know I need to get a shredder and start destroying some documents. With 2006 taxes coming up I have no need to hold onto 2005 pay stubs, I&#8217;ve already reconciled to my W-2s. I have no need to hang onto old University bills, credit card statements, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[575,585],"class_list":["post-363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-internet","tag-money","tag-personal"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.reams.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.reams.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.reams.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.reams.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.reams.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.reams.me\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/363\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.reams.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.reams.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.reams.me\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}