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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 3mo 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 3mo agoIt was about money anti-counterfeiting. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_tracking_dots https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_tracking_dots
- SV_BubbleTime 3mo agoThere is always a legit reason. It’s just never the only reason.
- inigyou 3mo agoAre they still doing the EURion constellation, too? You can embed that in anything.
- imhoguy 3mo agoNow I need to see if agentic reverse engineering of printer firmware can actually remove that "feature" for good.
- kube-system 3mo agoVirtually all color laser printers and copiers.