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- Armor1901, on 08/24/2008, -0/+92You know what's even better? CNN posting a video up for millions to see without blurring out the names and details on the checks shown.
- jtscira, on 08/24/2008, -1/+68I would not mind as long as the checks were properly shredded.
- vexious, on 08/24/2008, -8/+63This is not THAT big of a deal... You write checks to your landlords, random people who you bought crap from ect ect, is it really that big of a deal...
Every time you pay for something with a check think about how many people see it...
Cashiers, bookkeepers, bank tellers, AP/AR clerks, mailmen, your grandmother, etc.
I mean seriously, if someone really wants to be a identify thief there not going to focus on checks, there going to get a job in a billing department or a bank. - davidwasman, on 08/24/2008, -7/+47So wait...people still use paper checks?
- RachaelMichele, on 08/24/2008, -0/+36How is it possible that only one person has ever complained about this?
- justok, on 08/24/2008, -0/+24i don't use paper checks. all mine are rubber.
- daslog, on 08/24/2008, -5/+28ZOMG!!! Someone might see my name, address and account number!!! Hmmm, waitl..... ZOMG EVERYONE WHO I WRITE A CHECK TO SEES THAT SAME INFORMATION!! AAAGGG WRITING CHECKS ISN'T SAFE
*builds a 10X10X10 steel box and lives in it forever* - darthjure, on 08/24/2008, -1/+23I like it. They just need to shred the checks better.
- reflection717, on 08/24/2008, -3/+17Hey, thanks for copying my comment from Consumerist almost verbatim. Especially that second paragraph. You're cool cause you know how to use copy-paste!
http://consumerist.com/5040975/whh-ranch-company-u ... - cards, on 08/24/2008, -2/+15Definitely. When I saw this headline, I thought it was going to be praising the company for finding a less wasteful way to ship packages, then I saw consumerist...
- N0153T4NK, on 08/24/2008, -2/+13Sometimes I wonder: will cashiers hate me when I'm old for still using a debit card?
- DivisibleByZero, on 08/24/2008, -0/+10I don't usually read my packing materials--but I will now.
- dazparkour, on 08/24/2008, -0/+10Daslog - forever will you be known as Schrodinger's nerd.
- diemunkiesdie, on 08/24/2008, -3/+13Fixed: I thought "check" was spelled cheque.
Pro Tips:
1. Use quotations to clarify.
2. Stop being an ass, you know there is a difference between American English and British English! There is no need to write an unnecessary post about spelling differences. - zyklon, on 08/24/2008, -2/+11Paper?
- twistedfish, on 08/24/2008, -0/+9You mean like Unshredder, Shredded document Reconstruction system
http://www.unshredder.com/www/407/1001127/default. ... - TunaFishGangsta, on 08/24/2008, -2/+9Perhaps excons make up 99% of their customer base.
- je12u, on 08/24/2008, -1/+8cheque mate
- ICSU, on 08/24/2008, -0/+6you mean reuse
- david76, on 08/24/2008, -0/+6You know, there is technology out there capable of unshreding documents.
http://www.churchstreet-technology.com/Reconstruct ... - ncredblstrength, on 08/24/2008, -4/+10Recycling gone horribly wrong
- chedabob, on 08/24/2008, -1/+7You don't think they'd be the slightest bit suspicious if you kept asking them to reconstruct cheques?
Besides, if you shuffled up the shreddings, the odds of getting enough pieces to assemble a cheque are significantly reduced. Or if they used a cross-shredder, it would take a hell of a lot more pieces to put it together. - inactive, on 08/24/2008, -1/+7This is actually useful recycling.
I hope noone has the software from that film 'Enemy of the State' that reconstructs shreddings! I'm pretty sure you could do that with the SIFT engine - DivisibleByZero, on 08/24/2008, -0/+5Why do environmentalists hate democracy?
- Tige21i, on 08/24/2008, -0/+4you retard, were you even listening to the vid. What about the people who have to put their DLN, SSN, or some other personal numbers. Last I heard you can still get your identity stolen if you give your SSN to the wrong person.
- trejrco, on 08/24/2008, -0/+3It would require (at the very least) not just properly shredding, but also them distributing the shredded pieces to largely mitigate the above-mentioned "unshredding" ... if sufficiently distributed (or mixed up), this might provide a respectable level of protection ... ?
- inactive, on 08/24/2008, -0/+3how original and insightful
- SixOrSoPapers, on 08/24/2008, -0/+3One of my friends ordered a baseball card via eBay. The packing material included a crumpled up paper on which the sender was practicing forged signatures of famous athletes. Sketchy.
- magamiako, on 08/24/2008, -0/+3who writes their SSN on their checks?
- tomarocco, on 08/24/2008, -0/+3FUD
- TunaFishGangsta, on 08/24/2008, -2/+5Looks like they took it down.
- inactive, on 08/24/2008, -2/+5Checks aren't that popular anymore, and often when you pay someone by check, you trust them at least not to steal your bank account info and try to perform other devious acts. This is still an unnecessary security risk.
- thegrantman, on 08/24/2008, -0/+2Do what I do........................put your sensitive shredded documents into a dirty diaper.
- mlagana, on 08/24/2008, -9/+11i thought cheque was spelt cheque
- ileftfark, on 08/24/2008, -0/+2Like others have said, people willingly send this information to strangers every single day. When you pay you electric bill with a check, Kim in accounting is the one that processes that. Who knows what her record is? In any event, this is not a bad idea, and if they would (cross) shred properly or perhaps bleach the shreddings, this is actually a really good way to eliminate wastefulness.
- DivisibleByZero, on 08/24/2008, -0/+2Where exactly does the honor thing originate? Medieval times that brought us traditions such as hand shaking (to show that you're unarmed) or toasting (so that if the other guy poisoned your glass, you can slosh some of the poison into his)?
Assuming other people aren't criminals is good, but leaving yourself vulnerable when you don't have to is just dumb. - Gee1004, on 08/24/2008, -0/+2Sure, getting people's address, names and phone numbers. Great recycling
- Piontek, on 08/24/2008, -6/+8it is.. but good luck explaining that to america-land
- rdoger6424, on 08/24/2008, -1/+3cheque again
- gctoinfinity, on 08/24/2008, -0/+2crappy shredder. what kind of bank only shreds vertically?
- ZeeZee2k, on 08/24/2008, -2/+4Just tell them you're using it as a credit card.
- kinseyincanada, on 08/24/2008, -1/+3we use cheque in Canada as well
- Lateralis1, on 08/25/2008, -0/+1I wouldn't care if they used shredded cheques, but at least use cross-cutting, diamond cutting if possible!
- indubitably, on 08/24/2008, -0/+1i like those medieval tidbits, got anymore?
- rocky1138, on 08/24/2008, -0/+1These things are available from the public registry, typically at your City Hall. Why is there some crazy expectation of privacy in this world?
- Thuktun, on 09/05/2008, -0/+1Anyone who thinks this isn't a big deal doesn't realize what a gaping security hole ACH is. You can submit debits and credits using ACH account information (printed at the bottom of the check) electronically with very little security.
I once had a transaction against my checking account through ACH that I wanted to dispute. It's not covered by credit card fraud limitation regulations and you have to CLOSE YOUR ACCOUNT to stop fraudulent transactions. - PabloMac, on 08/24/2008, -0/+1Remember that "honor" thing? The lack of assumed honor and integrity in today's society is where this all stems from. Don't get me started on the causes...
- falstaff, on 08/24/2008, -0/+1"what sort of insanely reckless bank was handing them out to begin with?!"
I'm an accountant, and my company uses a machine to make deposits over the internet, and we hold onto all the checks for 90 days then shred them. We have thousands at any given time.
If, in this case, the company weren't using it as packing material, it would just end up in the garbage, or get sold as recycling. Checks don't just disappear after they are used. This is no more or less "risky" than any other possible destination. - joe8pack, on 08/26/2008, -0/+1With the drop in the value of the dollar, its now cheaper to use shredded dollars as packaging material.
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