Archive for July, 2008
Laser Printer Tracking Dots
Did you know that your Laser Printer prints your serial number on every page you print?FOR REAL- Link included
WHY is it that people always say “If your not going to do something criminal… Then why do you care that they can track you or are monitoring you?”
I may NEVER break the law but that doesn’t mean I want my privacy violated!
What I print, view, say, or do is no ones business but those I DECIDE to allow in…
PLEASE read this article and tell me what you think of it…
Will it change what you buy??
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/surveillance/2008-07-13-printer_N.htm?se=yahoorefer
“More manufacturers are outfitting greater numbers of laser printers with technology that leaves microscopic yellow dots on each printed page to identify the printer’s serial number — and ultimately, you, says the San Francisco-based Electronic Frontier Foundation, one of the leading watchdogs of electronic privacy.”
maybe that’s for security…weird
Yellow Dots of Mystery: Is Your Printer Spying on You?
