Mid Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 (edited) Call centre for whistleblowers Dan Atkinson and Jenny Little, Financial Mail 1 July 2007, 11:31am •• Private investigation firms are sending shredded documents to Thailand and India to be reconstructed. The Navigant consultancy told Financial Mail that provided the documents had not been through a cross-cutting machine, it should be possible to stitch them back together. 'It is incredibly labour intensive, and even in a developing country it costs £5,000 per bin liner,' said the source. 'Including transport there and back, a bin liner takes a week to be sorted out.' Edited July 1, 2007 by Mid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jockstar Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 So whats the point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid Posted July 1, 2007 Author Share Posted July 1, 2007 fact that it's possible ...................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThaiPauly Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Its always been possible if you REALLY want to know what has been shreded ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgunn65 Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 During the Iraq war Saddam used carpet makers to piece together shredded documents! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mid Posted July 1, 2007 Author Share Posted July 1, 2007 Its always been possible if you REALLY want to know what has been shreded ! grant you that , this is the first practical example I've seen , permutations must be horrendous ..................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farangsay Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Its always been possible if you REALLY want to know what has been shreded ! grant you that , this is the first practical example I've seen , permutations must be horrendous ..................... Just a jigsaw puzzle really. India seems reasonable but I'm not sure they'll find the English language skills here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pattaya_Fox Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Always use a cross cut shredder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazeeboy Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Always use a cross cut shredder or just burn your unwanted documents Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerryd Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 Probably not that difficult when you think about it. The technology has actually been around for a few years. A hand scanner to read the strips, and a software program to pick out probable matches. It wasn't too long ago (couple of months maybe) that I read an article about a guy who was using a similar technique to reconstruct old (ancient) documents. (Day to day stuff we shred. Secure materials are shredded, then burnt.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nidge Posted July 1, 2007 Share Posted July 1, 2007 This was being done in the 80's. When i was really really bored at sea i used to try to rebuild shredded documents, it's not so difficult as the page pieces are normally close together when they come out of a shredder. That's why, as Kerryd has already said, we shredded then burned secure documents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warriors Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 Yes it is a great game WOW 8 Million people play it I am one of those that do too Just thought I would add to this subject Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbojangles Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 So whats the point? The big thing at the moment is identity theft. With very little information, the thiefs can totally steal your identity for credit card scams and the like. It can take you years to get slate wiped clean and regain your identity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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