copy machine security

[2HOW]

Who would of thought ?
http://www.wimp.com/copymachines/

[GUNS-R-US]

WOW

[philw]

I just love how the media put this out to give people ideas


there is a think called secure printing & copying for a reason

the issue is it would not cost the manufactures much however they charge $$$ to have it on them

[GUNS-R-US]

I just love how the media put this out to give people ideas


there is a think called secure printing & copying for a reason

the issue is it would not cost the manufactures much however they charge $$$ to have it on them

I agree Phil the could add it a lot less that the $500 quoted on the video. Personally I don't think they need a HD installed like they do. It's not like you can recover them for reprint right on the copier, so why do they need memory at all?

[bryand71]

As a Copier Technician, I knew about this for some time now, the industry is trying to protect people's info. The brands I work on have software already available if the customer wants it. We ship used machines back to the leasing companies all the time, I can just imagine some of the info left in the HDD's of the copiers. Just remember to document where you have personal info copied at and then if your identity is stolen, you know who to go back to when you file a lawsuit for not complying with Federal regs.

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[GUNS-R-US]

As a Copier Technician, I knew about this for some time now, the industry is trying to protect people's info. The brands I work on have software already available if the customer wants it. We ship used machines back to the leasing companies all the time, I can just imagine some of the info left in the HDD's of the copiers. Just remember to document where you have personal info copied at and then if your identity is stolen, you know who to go back to when you file a lawsuit for not complying with Federal regs.

Is their a law requiring company to wipe this info. I doubt most companies even know the info is their! 

[bryand71]

I don't think that there is a law...yet. It would be in the companies best intrest to wipe the HDD though, keep them from getting sued.

[Pathfinder]

I don't think that there is a law...yet. It would be in the companies best intrest to wipe the HDD though, keep them from getting sued.

Depends on the industry. Banks are highly regulated, and when my former employer got rid of computers, the hard drives got pulled and destroyed separately else they would fail the next Federal audit. The rest of the computers were sent to recyclers. All of our copiers were leased, though, so I have no idea if they got wiped first or not.

As in the video, I can't tell you how much stuff - and what kinds of confidential information - I found left on and in the copiers when I went to use them.

[bryand71]

I believe you, I too, have seen many copiers brought back to our shop after a new install and found all kinds of stuff in them. Our delivery guys are supposed to check the copiers before they wheel them out. As far as I know, we just send them back to the leasing companies. What happens to them after is anyones guess.

[Timothy]

I personally, never print anything at work that contains private information.  That does not mean that my employer may not have printed my personel records though.  I didn't think of this though I was aware they contain HDD's!

My personal information is kept at home and I've always destroyed my HDD's by reformatting them before I destroy them.

I will pass this onto my employer as our copiers are all leased machines.