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bacasper
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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 Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 12:01 am Post subject: Careful what you copy |
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Most modern copiers are actually computers with hard drives which keep copies of everything done on them.
Watch five-minute CBS News video. |
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ontheway
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
Location: Somewhere under the rainbow...
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| Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 6:39 am Post subject: Re: Careful what you copy |
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Thanks for posting this important information.
This is a keeping-up-with-technological-change kind of problem. When were hard drives first used in copiers? |
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tefain
Joined: 19 Sep 2007
Location: Not too far out there
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| Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 9:03 pm Post subject: |
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Good information.
I can't remember how many times I've made copies of my passport, ID's, and credit cards while traveling. I think I'll just use digital photos and print at home from now on. |
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bacasper
Joined: 26 Mar 2007
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| Posted: Sat May 15, 2010 9:43 pm Post subject: Re: Careful what you copy |
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| ontheway wrote: |
Thanks for posting this important information.
This is a keeping-up-with-technological-change kind of problem. When were hard drives first used in copiers? |
I believe it said in the piece that all copiers sold since 2002 had these hard drives in them. |
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ontheway
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
Location: Somewhere under the rainbow...
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| Posted: Sun May 16, 2010 7:11 am Post subject: Re: Careful what you copy |
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| bacasper wrote: |
| ontheway wrote: |
Thanks for posting this important information.
This is a keeping-up-with-technological-change kind of problem. When were hard drives first used in copiers? |
I believe it said in the piece that all copiers sold since 2002 had these hard drives in them. |
Yes, they did say that by 2002 nearly all copiers were made with hard drives that store data and have this problem.
But, when did they actually begin putting hard drives in some copiers? How far back do people and organizations have to worry about? Just curious, and I'm too busy to do the research. |
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hepcat
Joined: 07 Mar 2005
Location: Daegu
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| Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 8:44 pm Post subject: |
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Yep, this is bad. Banks, businesses and gov. institutions are forever demanding copies of passports, credit cards, etc. A used copier or repair business is an identity thief's gold mine.
I guess a person needs a home scanner to supply more secure copies of documents. But, even then, there is nothing to one can do about copies of sensitive documents made internally.
There needs to be regulations on the safe disposal of data on copiers before they are resold or recycled. |
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AsiaESLbound
Joined: 07 Jan 2010
Location: Truck Stop Missouri
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| Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 10:35 pm Post subject: |
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| One day everything will be backed up to hard disk or solid state memory. Even all your walking and talking will be on file should the police or your boss want to take a look at what all you say and do. Call it 1984. |
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Senior
Joined: 31 Jan 2010
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| Posted: Tue May 18, 2010 10:51 pm Post subject: |
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| Copiers obviously have a couple of MB of RAM, but how much storage do they have? A single page isn't a very large file, but a photocopier, which you would expect to last quite a long time, would need quite a large HD. |
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mises
Joined: 05 Nov 2007
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| Posted: Wed May 19, 2010 5:49 am Post subject: |
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| Copiers obviously have a couple of MB of RAM, but how much storage do they have? A single page isn't a very large file, but a photocopier, which you would expect to last quite a long time, would need quite a large HD. |
Yeah, the story isn't accurate for most copiers. The hard drive required does not exist with most. |
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