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You have no idea how deep this rabbit hole goes. Search for EFF printers secret tracking. Virtually all commercial printers embed an invisible identifier on ev
by kvuj 1mo ago
You have no idea how deep this rabbit hole goes. Search for EFF printers secret tracking.
Virtually all commercial printers embed an invisible identifier on every page printed.
- esafak 1mo agoIt was about money anti-counterfeiting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_tracking_dots https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_tracking_dots
- SV_BubbleTime 1mo agoThere is always a legit reason. It’s just never the only reason.
- inigyou 1mo agoAre they still doing the EURion constellation, too? You can embed that in anything.
- imhoguy 1mo agoNow I need to see if agentic reverse engineering of printer firmware can actually remove that "feature" for good.
- kube-system 1mo agoVirtually all color laser printers and copiers.