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Posted by Jeff Shirley on June 22, 2006, 11:54 am
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> Not that you'd do this, Jeff, but fax machines are also a great way to
> collect sensitive personal information about people and businesses. Most
> folks don't realize that many fax machines retain the numbers called,
> and the numbers received, including the ID stamps. This even after
> printing a journal. Erasing the memory isn't always straightforward. One
> business-level fax machine was known to have had in its memory complete
> copies of faxes it had broadcasted within the last several weeks of its
> use. Embarrasing to the law firm that had discarded the machine.
> So the lesson here is: never throw out your fax machine. Take it apart
> instead. What you don't salvage do the Office Space routine with it. To
> music of your choice.
Excellent point, Gordon. And you are right, it is not something I would do.
Oh, I forgot about the SCSI storage expansion boxes I bought at a surplus sale
at my alma mater. I was curious, so I plugged them into a Linux box to see
if they had left anything on the drives.
I had a great time reading old student emails expressing some rather candid
thoughts about a few of my professors. ;^)
Jeff.
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Jeff Shirley
spam-loco@mindspring.com
"Bill Gates is filthy rich, but that doesn't mean I want to be married to him."
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> are packed with them, and the last few I scrapped had two motors each, and
> some other fun parts (LCDs, microswitches, etc.).