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> photocopy the redacted document and distribute that, so the text cannot be forensically recovered. To be really safe, you will want to check whether the phot
by Someone 2y ago
> photocopy the redacted document and distribute that, so the text cannot be forensically recovered.
To be really safe, you will want to check whether the photocopier forgets about your document after copying. Many photocopiers store documents on hard disks before copying them, and there’s no guarantee that the data is deleted afterwards.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/digital-photocopiers-loaded-with-secrets/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/digital-photocopiers-loaded-wit...:
“In 2008, Sharp commissioned a survey on copier security that found 60 percent of Americans "don't know" that copiers store images on a hard drive. Sharp tried to warn consumers about the simple act of copying.
"It's falling on deaf ears," McLaughlin said. "Or people don't feel it's important, or 'we'll take care of it later.'"
All the major manufacturers told us they offer security or encryption packages on their products. One product from Sharp automatically erases an image from the hard drive. It costs $500.
But evidence keeps piling up in warehouses that many businesses are unwilling to pay for such protection, and that the average American is completely unaware of the dangers posed by digital copiers.”
(I think selling users that as an add-on is almost criminal. Copiers should make sure documents don’t survive on disk after copying (not even as bits in a now deleted, but not overwritten, file), unless explicitly instructed by the user to do so)
- Clamchop 2y agoSelling something so simple for an incredible markup to ameliorate a problem of your own creation is just good business.