Fakes arent just for clothes and bags anymore- tech too
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Now, most people from time to time have purchased a "copy" or a "fake" of some type of handbag, leather good or clothing item. Its not a real issue for most people. Its just a way to save some money.
Not all of us have $400 to spend on a Coach handbag.
But what happens when fake technology comes into play? This could cause poor performance and in some cases, health risks.
Besides endangering users, counterfeit products may perform poorly, corrupt a computer's data, or just plain not work.
This includes batteries, hard drives and other technical components. Batteries are the most counterfeited item, causing millions of dollars in damages to cell phones and other products.
Batteries aren't the only tech item that counterfeiters love. In October 2004, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials in Anchorage, Alaska, seized 20,000 suspected fake Memorex USB memory key thumb drives from Asia. And last year, Miami officials seized 900 allegedly phony laptops valued at $700,000.
Fake software is rampant, too. As much as a third of the money spent on packaged software globally may go for counterfeits.
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