[ale] copiers: one more thing to be paranoid about

[Geoffrey]

I'm curious about this.  Must be a pretty large drive.  Think about it. 
Just last night, someone copied a document for me that I know is at 
least 200 pages. Further, why would it be necessary to retain all such 
copies?  Certainly it must purge older documents to make room for newer 
ones?

William Fragakis wrote:
> http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/04/19/eveningnews/main6412439.shtml
> 
> 
> 
> blurb
> "Nearly every digital copier built since 2002 contains a hard drive -
> like the one on your personal computer - storing an image of every
> document copied, scanned, or emailed by the machine. 
> 
> In the process, it's turned an office staple into a digital time-bomb
> packed with highly-personal or sensitive data. 
> 
> If you're in the identity theft business it seems this would be a pot of
> gold. 
> 
> "The type of information we see on these machines with the social
> security numbers, birth certificates, bank records, income tax forms,"
> John Juntunen said, "that information would be very valuable.""
> 
> 
> - William
> 
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Until later, Geoffrey

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