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Re: CD shredders, was Re: thoughts on one time pads
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Steven M. Bellovin)
Thu Feb 2 10:19:01 2006
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From: "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@cs.columbia.edu>
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In-Reply-To: (Your message of "Wed, 01 Feb 2006 05:50:24 CST.")
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Date: Wed, 01 Feb 2006 12:58:11 -0500
>> In our office, we have a shredder that happily
>> takes CDs and is designed to do so. It is noisy
>> and cost >$500.
>
>Here's one for $40, although it doesn't appear to "shred" them so much
>as make them pitted:
>
>http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/security/6d7f/
Again -- what is the assurance level that they do a good enough job,
and against what enemy?
--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb
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