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Who wants their printer to scan every document they print, and if it sees something the printer manufacturer thinks is illegal it's reported to the police? Or

Who wants their printer to scan every document they print, and if it sees something the printer manufacturer thinks is illegal it's reported to the police? Or their TV scans every frame displayed and every word said if it sees anything the TV manufacturer thinks is illegal it's reported to the police? Or their blender has an array of chemical sensors in it, and if it detects a substance the manufacturer thinks is illegal it's reported to the police? How about smart floorboards that detect illegal dancing by women in Iran? Shall we do that too? Apple where are you on that one? I can point you to a country filled with eager customers, seems right up your alley.

burkaman 5y ago
> Who wants their printer to scan every document they print, and if it sees something the printer manufacturer thinks is illegal it's reported to the police? FYI most (all?) modern printers will refuse to print anything they think is counterfeit money, and will include a unique code traceable back to you in every printed document. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Identification_Code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Identification_Code
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- asperous 5y ago
  Printers may do this but it doesn't call the police on them
  - badRNG 5y ago
    But let's be honest here: MIC is a truly upsetting privacy violation all on its own.
- thescriptkiddie 5y ago
  Well, looks like I'm never buying a new printer.
  - Wohlf 5y ago
    >Developed by Xerox and Canon in the mid-1980s
- KeepFlying 5y ago
  I'm not a fan of this either but at least it doesn't call the police on me. It places a marker so that a human could track it back to be, sure, but that still requires me to actually try to do something illegal with something I've printed. I still think it's BS that you can't scan money though and it very much an overreach. Your home printer isn't gonna make a convincing fake anyway.

burkaman 5y ago

> Who wants their printer to scan every document they print, and if it sees something the printer manufacturer thinks is illegal it's reported to the police? FYI most (all?) modern printers will refuse to print anything they think is counterfeit money, and will include a unique code traceable back to you in every printed document. - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Identification_Code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Identification_Code

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asperous 5y ago
Printers may do this but it doesn't call the police on them
- badRNG 5y ago
  But let's be honest here: MIC is a truly upsetting privacy violation all on its own.
thescriptkiddie 5y ago
Well, looks like I'm never buying a new printer.
- Wohlf 5y ago
  >Developed by Xerox and Canon in the mid-1980s
KeepFlying 5y ago
I'm not a fan of this either but at least it doesn't call the police on me. It places a marker so that a human could track it back to be, sure, but that still requires me to actually try to do something illegal with something I've printed. I still think it's BS that you can't scan money though and it very much an overreach. Your home printer isn't gonna make a convincing fake anyway.