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

[william at fragakis.com (William Fragakis)]

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