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Why are they all straight shreds? Bad guys don't know how to go to Staples.com and buy a Diamond shredder? Sure, it's useful to be able to decode those but if y
by masukomi 15y ago
Why are they all straight shreds? Bad guys don't know how to go to Staples.com and buy a Diamond shredder? Sure, it's useful to be able to decode those but if you're going to throw $50,000 on the table why not at least ask for something slightly more sophisticated than aligning what are essentially rectangles.
I wouldn't be surprised if someone out there makes a cheap consumer grade shredder with some shape more obnoxious than diamonds too...
- GHFigs 15y agoBad guys don't know how to go to Staples.com and buy a Diamond shredder? Staples.com doesn't actually carry diamond-cut shredders. At least, none that I can find. The smallest shred size I can find there is 3.175mm x 9.525 mm. By comparison, the document in the fifth puzzle is taken from a legal pad (8.7 mm line spacing), and the shreds are only a little bit longer. Would the shape really make that much of a difference at this scale?
- adrianN 15y agoI'm no expert, but I'd say having shreds for which the orientation is not as obvious makes the problem much harder. Add to that the amount of work necessary to get a clean image of the thousands of particles a page produces... Amazon sells relatively cheap security level 4, and rather expensive security level 6 shredders.