Copy Machines, a Security Risk?

[DeSwiss]

Run time: 05:15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC38D5am7go   Posted on YouTube: April 19, 2010 By YouTube Member: CBS Views on YouTube: 9357   Posted on DU: May 03, 2010 By DU Member: DeSwiss Views on DU: 930

 

[napi21]

1. I never knew that! I'm retired now,butI hope every person whorking

in an office today takes this info to work tomorrow!

[DeSwiss]

4. If a company office leases its copiers.....

...it's still left up to the leasing company to erase any info on the hard drives before they sell them on the secondary market.

- Which means probably not erasing them at all.....

[napi21]

6. Maybe so, but if a co. leases a copier, they could always demand the HD be erased in their presence"

beefore it's given back at the end of the lease.

[DeSwiss]

8. I agree.

With this just now coming to light, I'm sure many will.

- But maybe "others" will also start looking at these old machines as a source of revenue......

[mikelgb]

2. charming

I'm a computer guy and never thought they had normal hard drives that store every scan

[DeSwiss]

5. When I chose to buy....

...a 4-in-1 copying system instead of continuing leasing a copier, they said they'd send someone for the old copier. That was almost two years ago. It's still sitting in our office. Clearly it is cheaper for the company to dump their old product lines off on me rather than to pick them up and dispose of it properly.

- So if they don't give a hoot about the copier, I know they don't care about what's on the hard drives. But I do.

[customerserviceguy]

9. Same here

I've got a degree in networking, and had no idea that these machines had a 'memory'.

[Skink]

3. I am so glad I couldn't afford a copier.

[DeSwiss]

7. I hear ya. n/t

[Wilms]

10. Would this also relate to some printers?

:scared:

[DeSwiss]

13. Inkjets? I don't think so. n/t

[Wilms]

16. Here's an 80GB one for a laser printer.

http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?sku=341-8041&cs=04&c=us&l=en&dgc=SS&cid=27722&lid=628335

[onehandle]

11. I learned about this several years ago. I stopped using public/work copiers for anything sensitive.

You can get a combo printer/scanner/copier for less than a hundred bucks.

Unfortunately this does not stop others from using copiers for your records.

[DearAbby]

12. Be careful what you copy at Kinkos

Jesus

[DeSwiss]

14. Kinkos is one thing....

...but think of all the http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZQxMV-smXw">anonymous http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6mM3ZNZyPM&NR=1">asses and http://www.metacafe.com/watch/710102/girl_prints_her_boobs_and_butt_with_copy_machine/">breasts that are also on all those hard drives too.

- Having a copy of someone's SSN is one thing. Having a copy of a picture of someone's junk is a whole nuther ball game.....

[onehandle]

15. The third video is from 1995.

Alas, no hard drive.

[WhoIsNumberNone]

17. K&R

Everybody should see this.

[bbgrunt]

18. wow. k and r so more will be informed.