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Identity theft made easy
« on: May 01, 2010, 01:09:49 PM »
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Re: Identity theft made easy
« Reply #1 on: May 01, 2010, 01:18:29 PM »
Do people not know this? =|

I was a copy center manager, I wiped the HDD regularly because it is, indeed holding all sorts of SS cards, birth certificates, DLs, etc.  =(
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Re: Identity theft made easy
« Reply #2 on: May 01, 2010, 01:23:54 PM »
I didn't, but then, I don't use copy machines on a regular basis either.
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Re: Identity theft made easy
« Reply #3 on: May 01, 2010, 01:26:46 PM »
Quote from: PTK on May 01, 2010, 01:18:29 PM
Do people not know this? =|

I was a copy center manager, I wiped the HDD regularly because it is, indeed holding all sorts of SS cards, birth certificates, DLs, etc.  =(

I didn't know this and apparently some 60% of people don't either.  I have never been a copy center manager, nor have I worked in any capacity where I needed to read the manual or be able to do more than pretty basic stuff. 
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Re: Identity theft made easy
« Reply #4 on: May 01, 2010, 01:27:32 PM »
It's why I giggle every time I have NFA paperwork copied. Imagine some ID theft guy getting hold of THOSE documents...  :lol:
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Re: Identity theft made easy
« Reply #5 on: May 01, 2010, 01:28:31 PM »
Quote from: Viking on May 01, 2010, 01:23:54 PM
I didn't, but then, I don't use copy machines on a regular basis either.

Same here.  Generally if I need something copied, I use a scanner.  Takes a little longer (unless it's a scanner/printer which can act like a copier), but I usually don't have to pay money to do it that way...
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Re: Identity theft made easy
« Reply #6 on: May 01, 2010, 01:33:05 PM »
I go to the local monastery to have my ID-critical stuff copied.  For a small flask of good peach brandy as a little extra, they'll even illuminate it for me.



For a somewhat larger flask, they'll forget they ever saw it.

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Re: Identity theft made easy
« Reply #7 on: May 01, 2010, 01:48:05 PM »
Why does a copier NEED a HD though? Wouldn't storing the image in ram simply suffice?
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Re: Identity theft made easy
« Reply #8 on: May 01, 2010, 02:37:24 PM »
Quote from: RaspberrySurprise on May 01, 2010, 01:48:05 PM
Why does a copier NEED a HD though? Wouldn't storing the image in ram simply suffice?

Let's say you want to 4-up duplex print War and Peace...
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Re: Identity theft made easy
« Reply #9 on: May 01, 2010, 02:54:32 PM »
Quote from: jfruser on May 01, 2010, 02:37:24 PM
Let's say you want to 4-up duplex print War and Peace...
This is true.

However, I think it would be a simple thing to set the copier up to automatically wipe the image from the HD after complete.
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Re: Identity theft made easy
« Reply #10 on: May 01, 2010, 03:24:15 PM »
Quote from: lupinus on May 01, 2010, 02:54:32 PM
This is true.

However, I think it would be a simple thing to set the copier up to automatically wipe the image from the HD after complete.

They used to - customers complained. Not customers as in individual customers at copy centers, but companies that bought the machines.
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Re: Identity theft made easy
« Reply #11 on: May 01, 2010, 03:35:53 PM »
Quote from: PTK on May 01, 2010, 03:24:15 PM
They used to - customers complained. Not customers as in individual customers at copy centers, but companies that bought the machines.

Why? Something to do with tracking down people for copyright infringement or something?
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Re: Identity theft made easy
« Reply #12 on: May 01, 2010, 04:10:17 PM »
Quote from: RaspberrySurprise on May 01, 2010, 01:48:05 PM
Why does a copier NEED a HD though? Wouldn't storing the image in ram simply suffice?
[tinfoil] perhaps law enforcement likes having a log of what your been coping? [tinfoil]








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