[UpAllNight]

"It is important to recognize copiers and shredders can contain built-in scanners to copy the data."

--One hopes that all working copiers can copy data.--

Older copiers only 'copied' the image from one sheet to the next. New copiers actually scan and digitize the document before outputing the copies. I don't know for how long the images are retained, probably varies from copier to copier but I bet it would be a piece of cake to put a datalink in to a storage device.

[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

I knew what they meant -- it just struck me as funny the way they said it.

A digital data-link would certainly be a lot easier (and less risky) than the analogue "data-link" the CIA used in the Soviet embassies (walking out with the data in the form of filmstrips).

A shredder with a scanner front-end might actually sell well -- to anyone who wants to have a paperless office.