I'm coming to this conversation very late, but it's worth saying that
the reconstitution of shredded documents has been investigated already.
The reunification of Germany saw significant efforts into developing
technology to put back together the documents shredded by the Stasi, so
that former East German citizens could find out the state had kept about
them.
I think those involved were quite optimistic, and a bit of googling
reveals that an organisation called the Fraunhofer Institute were at the
forefront.
I think it's a bonfire or nothing.
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[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Roland Perry
Sent: 10 December 2010 11:49
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Subject: Re: [data-protection] shredded documnts - are they safe?
In message <[log in to unmask]>,
at 08:43:09 on Fri, 10 Dec 2010, Ibrahim Hasan
<[log in to unmask]> writes
>Forensic expert repairs shredded banknotes:
>
>http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-11962349
>
>If they can do banknotes they do shredded confidential documents?
For banknotes they have the significant advantage that they know what
the finished item is supposed to look like. It's also mainly pattern,
whereas documents are mainly white space.
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Roland Perry
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