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kpete

(71,901 posts)
Wed May 30, 2018, 11:55 AM May 2018

Interesting tidbit: Gov expects to produce "contents of a shredding machine" to special master

From the Cohen hearing this morning:

I've watched people piece together shredded docs. It's amazing. This is not going to end well for the defense.




AUSA Maimin says that the government expects to produce "the contents of a shredding machine" to the special master within three weeks.


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BigmanPigman

(51,432 posts)
4. It's an incredibly challenging puzzle.
Wed May 30, 2018, 12:09 PM
May 2018

A commentator on CNN just said the FBI is extremely good at piecing shredded documents together.

cyclonefence

(4,483 posts)
9. I wonder what percentage of the people who reconstruct shredded documents
Wed May 30, 2018, 12:32 PM
May 2018

are women? I think many women, including me, have an inborn desire to bring order to chaos. This does not mean house-cleaning; it means puzzle-solving.

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
6. Yes, the FBI has been doing it for years
Wed May 30, 2018, 12:11 PM
May 2018

It's really quite tedious as you might imagine, but they've gotten a lot of useful information that way.

honest.abe

(8,556 posts)
7. I have always thought this should be possible using scanners and specialized ocr software
Wed May 30, 2018, 12:12 PM
May 2018

The most tedious part would be scanning the pieces but there may be a way to automate that somewhat.

Anyway I believe it is doable.

blugbox

(951 posts)
10. We have AI that can detect cancer more reliably than the best dermatologists combined...
Wed May 30, 2018, 12:37 PM
May 2018

We have computers that can simulate all the physics of colliding galaxies...

I'm willing to bet the FBI or CIA have very advanced AI that can easily piece together shredded paper images. Cake walk.

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