sadly this isnt of my own creation - i lifted it from "Looney" .... seems plausible

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This falls into the “What if” or “I forgot to take my meds today” category ;-)


Everybody knows by now that all printers and copiers leave an invisible mark on the printed page, so it can be traced back to the printer, point of sale, credit card, address and name of the purchaser, if needed. But…


“What if” all new commercial paper shredders scan and store images of all shredded pages? Some bucket-size shredders for home use have the same capabilities. A readable low-resolution image of a full-text page is just a couple of Kb in size. So, a tiny 2Gb memory chip on your shredder’s PCB (printed circuit board) can store up to a million pages of your shredded documents.


If your home shredder is more than 4-5 years old, you are fine; but, if it is new or a couple of years old, keep this Conspiracy Theory in mind.


So, if you see on TV a computer being seized along with a shredder, you would know that they won’t be wasting their time trying to reassemble thousands of strips.


Now, where are my meds? ;-)


Looney





P.S. Here’s an interesting Conspiracy Fact from Wikipedia:


… Historically, the General Services Administration (GSA) set paper shredder guidance in the Interim Federal Specification FF-S-001169 dated July 1971, superseded by standard A-A-2599 for classified material, which was canceled in February 2000. GSA has not published a new standard since.


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paper_shredder ""