Something I bet you didn't know about....
Well, I didn't....
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 by DrJBHL | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
This is a source of concern which I didn't know about until I saw this video clip which a friend emailed me.
I wonder how many of the machines used to copy your data...tax forms, health records, checks... well the list goes on and on... and how about the government, military, etc. are being sent who knows where without those HDD's being wiped?
I wonder who uses these "formerly owned or rented" copying machines now?
Also...there's not too damned much any of us can do about it, even if we did know.
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Reply #22 Thursday, May 13, 2010 6:56 PM
Well, it's true that I did have qualms about posting the thread simply for the reason stated by RPGFX and Phoon, but I figure (by the number of responses) not all that many folks learned about this from me and are then going to do something to exploit that.
I figure CBS reached a few more than I did, but that's the point...people have to be reached and made aware so they can demand change and protection from this kind of vulnerability they never dreamed exists. I've emailed my Senators and Congressman regarding this. One snowflake ain't much...but if a few more and their friends can be encouraged, well...maybe a drift or two will accumulate for Fred to clear. 
Philly, you're right about the carbon thing. We used to go nutz in Israel over that stuff.
Fact is, one can never be paranoid enough, it appears.
“A paranoid is someone who knows a little of what's going on.”
William S. Burroughs
Reply #23 Thursday, May 13, 2010 8:57 PM
thanks doc learned this from you so I went out and bought 10 of them all from banks ...
JK ha ha ha ha
Reply #24 Thursday, May 13, 2010 9:04 PM
That's funny! My husband came home today and told me the very same thing about copy machines! He works for the state so he's always causious, but it's a realy eye opener for everyone! 
Reply #25 Thursday, May 13, 2010 10:43 PM
jazzilady...hey, maybe your hubby is a WC member and read this post? 
Reply #26 Friday, May 14, 2010 1:55 AM
Hey Doc you can't have all the fun.
Here's another tip from the Wiz:
Typewriter ribbon is another good source of personal data, everything you typed can be read off of one. Keep that in mind the next time you throw one out.
Reply #27 Friday, May 14, 2010 5:28 AM
Absolutely correct, Wiz... I just haven't used one of those in decades. In fact, it was the subject of an NCIS show in the past!
Reply #28 Friday, May 14, 2010 10:56 PM
What's a typewriter?
Reply #29 Saturday, May 15, 2010 2:33 AM
it's one of those antique things that OLD people use in place or a keyboard and had to feed it paper Manually ... I seen one, one time at a Museum
ha ha ha ha ha ha 
Reply #30 Saturday, May 15, 2010 7:30 AM
DisturbedComputer is itchin' for a fight. Too bad I'm too old to remember how to....what was I trying to say? I can't remember. 
Reply #31 Saturday, May 15, 2010 5:10 PM
hehe
Reply #32 Saturday, May 15, 2010 6:35 PM
it's one of those antique things that OLD people use in place or a keyboard and had to feed it paper Manually ... I seen one, one time at a Museum
'Ere, I'll 'ave you know that not all us old folks use 'em. Some of us have modernised and use puters.... 'cept them wots as old as dirt and still use a quill and papyrus.
Reply #33 Saturday, May 15, 2010 7:01 PM
OMG!!! And here I was thinking doctors were supposed to make you feel good! 
Reply #34 Saturday, May 15, 2010 7:54 PM
You have a quill and papyrus? I still have to write things in the dirt with a stick.
Reply #36 Saturday, May 15, 2010 9:30 PM
Quoting PurrBall, reply 2I'm surprised nobody knew about this earlier- just don't copy sensitive information on non-personal scanners!
Ummm...and what about people in Insurance Co.'s, I.R.S., Banks, M.D.'s offices, etc. who copy your files to send on to other offices? Think about that one, Purrball.
*edit...sorry Barb....I type slowly...and with the errors I make, thank G-d I don't work entering data/orders at the stock exchange....
I've asked around a bit after watching this and it seems nearly every place uses copier disposal services that wipe the hard disks before reselling.
Reply #37 Saturday, May 15, 2010 9:52 PM
Or, Purrball, they saw the CBS show also. I don't think CBS would have loaded stuff on the drives just to have the expose, do you?
Reply #38 Saturday, May 15, 2010 11:32 PM
At lest it's not a stone-tablet and chisel
Reply #39 Saturday, May 15, 2010 11:37 PM
Funny you should say that, that's how I made my only wallpaper. Link 
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Reply #21 Wednesday, May 12, 2010 11:57 AM
Yup, you won the bet.
While in the military and stationed in Germany I remember sending the clerk into the dumpster to find the carbon paper he threw away after typing a classified document.
No matter what method is used to create or copy a document there is always the problem of 'where did it go?'.