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While a neat puzzle doesn't anyone else think that the NSA was able to do this decades ago?

by icefox 15y ago

trebor 15y ago
Of course, just like their SATAN project catalogs almost all US internet traffic.
arcdrag 15y ago
Decades ago shredders weren't nearly as good as they are now either. It isn't a static problem that will remain solved.
VladRussian 15y ago
by making all shredders to contain secret mini scanner :)
- JakeSc 15y ago
  Do you have evidence that this has been done? I am reminded of the secret identifying marks that printers leave on their documents. https://www.eff.org/wp/investigating-machine-identification-code-technology-color-laser-printers https://www.eff.org/wp/investigating-machine-identification-...
  - VladRussian 15y ago
    no it was a joke inspired by very popular Russian ATM crime : http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/07/Illegal-scanner-found-on-Russian-ATM/UPI-78431318001821/ http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/07/Illegal-scanner-found... Another - Russian security agencies use Western hardware ( i mean what other option do they have seriously ?). Before being put to use the hardware is disassembled as much as it is possible with specific goal of finding the "mini-scanners". Similar history - http://www.spybusters.com/Great_Seal_Bug.html http://www.spybusters.com/Great_Seal_Bug.html
  - influx 15y ago
    http://editinternational.com/read.php?id=47ddf19823b89 http://editinternational.com/read.php?id=47ddf19823b89 "Roy Zoppoth stands over a Xerox 914 copy machine, the world's first, which was used in soviet embassies all over the world. The machine was so complex that the CIA used a tiny camera designed by Zoppoth to capture documents copied on the machine by the soviets and retrieved them using a "Xerox repairman" right under the eyes of soviet security."
    - nitrogen 15y ago
      I found this paragraph even more interesting: “From the numbers of cameras ordered, we later realized the CIA had placed secret cameras in every Xerox copy machine in all embassies in the world – friend and foe alike.”

While a neat puzzle doesn't anyone else think that the NSA was able to do this decades ago?

by icefox 15y ago

While a neat puzzle doesn't anyone else think that the NSA was able to do this decades ago?

trebor 15y ago

Of course, just like their SATAN project catalogs almost all US internet traffic.

arcdrag 15y ago

Decades ago shredders weren't nearly as good as they are now either. It isn't a static problem that will remain solved.

VladRussian 15y ago

by making all shredders to contain secret mini scanner :)

JakeSc 15y ago
Do you have evidence that this has been done? I am reminded of the secret identifying marks that printers leave on their documents. https://www.eff.org/wp/investigating-machine-identification-code-technology-color-laser-printers https://www.eff.org/wp/investigating-machine-identification-...
- VladRussian 15y ago
  no it was a joke inspired by very popular Russian ATM crime : http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/07/Illegal-scanner-found-on-Russian-ATM/UPI-78431318001821/ http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2011/10/07/Illegal-scanner-found... Another - Russian security agencies use Western hardware ( i mean what other option do they have seriously ?). Before being put to use the hardware is disassembled as much as it is possible with specific goal of finding the "mini-scanners". Similar history - http://www.spybusters.com/Great_Seal_Bug.html http://www.spybusters.com/Great_Seal_Bug.html
- influx 15y ago
  http://editinternational.com/read.php?id=47ddf19823b89 http://editinternational.com/read.php?id=47ddf19823b89 "Roy Zoppoth stands over a Xerox 914 copy machine, the world's first, which was used in soviet embassies all over the world. The machine was so complex that the CIA used a tiny camera designed by Zoppoth to capture documents copied on the machine by the soviets and retrieved them using a "Xerox repairman" right under the eyes of soviet security."
  - nitrogen 15y ago
    I found this paragraph even more interesting: “From the numbers of cameras ordered, we later realized the CIA had placed secret cameras in every Xerox copy machine in all embassies in the world – friend and foe alike.”