Culprit Copiers Pose Identity Theft Risk

Expert are warning that the modern photocopier could pose a risk in identity theft, according to an Associated Press article published on the WRTV Channel 6 (Indianapolis, Indiana) website. According to the report:

• That's because most digital copiers manufactured in the past five years have disk drives -- the same kind of data-storage mechanism found in computers -- to reproduce documents. As a result, the seemingly innocuous machines that are commonly used to spit out copies of tax returns for millions of Americans can retain the data being scanned.

Add the modern public photocopier to the list of people, places and things one must approach with suspicion. To read more, see Hard Drives In Copiers May Keep Your Papers (Photocopiers Use Hard Drives To Store Scans)
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