http://www.docucrunch.com/shredded-docs-still-not-safe Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 08 Aug 2011 21:53:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.docucrunch.com/shredded-docs-still-not-safe/comment-page-1#comment-5186 Joe Wed, 21 Apr 2010 14:38:52 +0000 http://www.docucrunch.com/?p=1357#comment-5186 All your shreddings belong to us! All your shreddings belong to us!

]]> http://www.docucrunch.com/shredded-docs-still-not-safe/comment-page-1#comment-119 Craig Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:30:47 +0000 http://www.docucrunch.com/?p=1357#comment-119 This has been going on forever even without expensive technology, people just don't know about it. Years ago I had a client who was a private investigator. This gentleman had a special light table with a magnifying device. He painstakingly would put cross-cut shredded documents back together. If you give him a bag of shredding he can put it back together. He explained to me that the cutters in every shredder leave a repeating pattern from the blades as they cut almost like a fingerprint. From there its just like putting a jigsaw puzzle back together. This has been going on forever even without expensive technology, people just don’t know about it. Years ago I had a client who was a private investigator. This gentleman had a special light table with a magnifying device. He painstakingly would put cross-cut shredded documents back together. If you give him a bag of shredding he can put it back together. He explained to me that the cutters in every shredder leave a repeating pattern from the blades as they cut almost like a fingerprint. From there its just like putting a jigsaw puzzle back together.

]]> http://www.docucrunch.com/shredded-docs-still-not-safe/comment-page-1#comment-117 Ted Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:17:38 +0000 http://www.docucrunch.com/?p=1357#comment-117 Obviously this is a painstaking very involved process that is not practical for personal shredding concerns. Back with the Iran takover when Jimmy Carter was President, with enough people, they were able to reconstruct shredded documents by hand. But if you are worried about that credit card solicitation, you shouldn't. If they really want it, someone can go to a suburban mailbox and pull those items out of your mailbox before you get home. Kind of like the increase of car alarms created more carjackings, since it became easier to steal your car with you in it rather than when it is parked with the alarm activated. If you have really sensitive information, split up the shredded item or soak the paper and then dry out or stop being paranoid and enjoy your time on earth and realize there is no fool proof protection or precaution. You'll be happier and live longer with a positive attitude in life. Obviously this is a painstaking very involved process that is not practical for personal shredding concerns. Back with the Iran takover when Jimmy Carter was President, with enough people, they were able to reconstruct shredded documents by hand. But if you are worried about that credit card solicitation, you shouldn’t. If they really want it, someone can go to a suburban mailbox and pull those items out of your mailbox before you get home. Kind of like the increase of car alarms created more carjackings, since it became easier to steal your car with you in it rather than when it is parked with the alarm activated. If you have really sensitive information, split up the shredded item or soak the paper and then dry out or stop being paranoid and enjoy your time on earth and realize there is no fool proof protection or precaution. You’ll be happier and live longer with a positive attitude in life.

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