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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: diago on April 15, 2012, 11:38 pm

Title: Question about compuet memory when printing address labels
Post by: diago on April 15, 2012, 11:38 pm
I'm considering becoming a vendor. My question is if I copy and paste the customers address from sr to microsoft word and then print it without ever saving it is there anyway you could pull up the information from the computer or printer?

Thanks in advance
Title: Re: Question about compuet memory when printing address labels
Post by: diago on April 15, 2012, 11:41 pm
I meant computer in the title. sorry about the grammar too
Title: Re: Question about compuet memory when printing address labels
Post by: radium1911 on April 16, 2012, 02:43 am
If you're not using liberte or tails, you don't deserve to be a vendor.
Title: Re: Question about compuet memory when printing address labels
Post by: a_blackbird on April 16, 2012, 03:51 am
I'm considering becoming a vendor. My question is if I copy and paste the customers address from sr to microsoft word and then print it without ever saving it is there anyway you could pull up the information from the computer or printer?

Thanks in advance

As long as the machine is on, the information will remain resident in memory until it is overwritten by something else.  Once you turn the machine off, there is a limited window of time during which the information will still be available, but it will decay/degrade once power has been disconnected from the system.  The length of time that this takes to happen varies, but I think it's no more than 5-10 minutes.  It is possible to lengthen that time by rapidly cooling the RAM chips.
Title: Re: Question about compuet memory when printing address labels
Post by: UKGrower on April 16, 2012, 04:04 am
Windows creates spooler files when you send a document to a printer.  They are generally deleted when they are sent to the printer, but the deleted files could easily be recovered if your computer was seized.