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Re:Xerox scanners and photocopiers randomly alter numbers in... by Gravityloss on Sunday August 04, 2013 @01:53PM (#6156380)
Think how someone could falsify your entire life...
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Re:Xerox scanners and photocopiers randomly alter numbers in... by thwest on Sunday August 04, 2013 @02:58PM (#6156660)
Then realize you shouldn't define your life based on some digital records.
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Re:Xerox scanners and photocopiers randomly alter numbers in... by delinka on Sunday August 04, 2013 @03:24PM (#6156746)
I don't define my life based on some digital records. But law enforcement (or the executive branch of the US Federal Government, including the NSA) does. And therein lies the problem.

Someone will be convicted (perhaps even without the intervention of a court) based on unimpeachable but falsified digital records.

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Re:Xerox scanners and photocopiers randomly alter numbers in... by gridspy on Sunday August 04, 2013 @10:04PM (#6158018)
That sounds like the fly in the printer at the start of (the movie) Brazil.

Which of course leads to the conviction and torture of an innocent....

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Re:Xerox scanners and photocopiers randomly alter numbers in... by Gormo on Tuesday August 06, 2013 @04:06PM (#6168824)
The fact that this conversation is taking place makes it unlikely for those records to be regarded as "unimpeachable".
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Re:Xerox scanners and photocopiers randomly alter numbers in... by MoreConsiderate on Sunday August 04, 2013 @02:08PM (#6156440)
Accept it as an inevitability and develop skills that enable you to adapt, react & procreate in a multitude of diverse situations.
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