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A list of color printers that include tracking dots on every page of output

http://www.eff.org/Privacy/printers/list.php

Not only does this mean that your print outs can be traced back to you by serial number and date, but it also means you're wasting yellow toner. And no, this isn't a conspiracy theory -- it's really true. Here's more info.

posted at 1:09 pm
on Oct. 19, 2005

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Colour Printers -- "They know when you've been bad or good..."

 

The EFF is letting us know that the US Government (your government, not mine) has secretly collaborated with printer manufacturers to embed a unique tracking code in every document coming from your colour printer. [here] Via: Travis Smith

 

Tracked from The Newest Industry  at  6:43 am on Oct. 20, 2005

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