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> Before shredders got good. I would expect shredders these days to be easily defeated with a scanner and some clever algorithms. Is that not the case?
by remcob 6y ago
> Before shredders got good.
I would expect shredders these days to be easily defeated with a scanner and some clever algorithms. Is that not the case?
- sjburt 6y agoThere was a DARPA challenge for this a few years ago [1]. But I would think that it would not be hard to make a shredder that could make reassembly impossible if the shredded pieces are small enough. 1. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA_Shredder_Challenge_2011 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/DARPA_Shredder_Challenge_201...
- gwking 6y agoThe book “Billion Dollar Spy” describes the CIA’s shredder in the Cold War era Moscow station as turning documents into powder.
- paypalcust83 6y agoA safety match would do this in the real world and be much cheaper.
- ThePowerOfFuet 6y ago_Good_ shredders ingest a stack of paper several cm high and output powder.