Copy Machines are Hiding your Secrets

Your doctor, lawyer, or tax preparer could all be unwittingly giving away your very private information. And they're doing it by using copy machines.

The copy machine is an important and seemingly harmless part of our lives. And when it's time to upgrade, the old ones are sometimes sent to e-waste centers for recycling, but usually they wind-up in a wholesale warehouse on the used copier market.

The problem is that most copy machines use hard drives to store every document that has been scanned, printed, faxed, or emailed. The new owner can easily discover what was left by the previous owner.

"It basically becomes an identity thief's dream" says Sean O'Leary, senior analyst for Digital Copier Security.

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