Sleuths Crack Tracking Code Discovered in Color Printers
It sounds like a conspiracy theory, but it isn't. The pages coming out of your color printer may contain hidden information that could be used to track you down if you ever cross the U.S. government.
Last year, an article in PC World magazine pointed out that printouts from many color laser printers contained yellow dots scattered across the page, viewable only with a special kind of flashlight. The article quoted a senior researcher at Xerox Corp. as saying the dots contain information useful to law-enforcement authorities, a secret digital "license tag" for tracking down criminals.
The content of the coded information was supposed to be a secret, available only to agencies looking for counterfeiters who use color printers.
Now, the secret is out.
Isn't it wonderfull to be free
Last year, an article in PC World magazine pointed out that printouts from many color laser printers contained yellow dots scattered across the page, viewable only with a special kind of flashlight. The article quoted a senior researcher at Xerox Corp. as saying the dots contain information useful to law-enforcement authorities, a secret digital "license tag" for tracking down criminals.
The content of the coded information was supposed to be a secret, available only to agencies looking for counterfeiters who use color printers.
Now, the secret is out.
Isn't it wonderfull to be free
posted by _H_ at 11:44 pm
5 Comments:
this screams Moonbat... boys and girls, hurry, get your tinfoil hats on!
eh ?? this is not denied G , it is fact . you confuse me ??
lol, its not the facts. I saw another article about this... almost posted on it, about a "civil liberties" group trying to crack down on this because they were sure it meant that the government will now be able to track all dissenters who use computers to print their documentation.....
I will look for it and post the link here if I can.
crap... sorry, i cant find it anymore.
But seriously... this is just goofy. This isnt big brother... it was something to catch counterfiters.
of course i agree thats its intend , but as duty bound citizens it is also our job to point out what this "could" be used for
that is all ,
to trust authority blindly without question is foolish
democracy is freedom for dissent
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