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Sunday, May 9, 2010

And you thought paper jams were bad?!


Did you know that the average digital photocopier like the one you have in your office has a hard drive? Every single copy that is made is permanently recorded onto a disc similar to the one in your computer. Yes, those private medical reports that you copied at work have been recorded onto a hard drive on the photocopier. What about that shot of your face pressed against the glass during the Christmas office party? Your boss could retreive the information, or worse, the machine could be sold to a secondhand dealer and the records could be retreived by the next buyer. In the following news report we learn how our personal information can easily end up in the wrong hands. And if you don't use a copier personally, businesses and agencies like lawyers and hospitals that have your name on their data bases could easily have your personal information on their copiers ready for the pickings

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