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pammyfromthesticks@mander.xyz to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 15 days ago

Your Printer is Snitching On YOU!

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Your Printer is Snitching On YOU!

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pammyfromthesticks@mander.xyz to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 15 days ago
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Color laser printers have contained hidden surveillance technology since the mid-1980s. Xerox and Canon developed Machine Identification Code, a system of mi...

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    Just get a laser printer already

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      I have a color laser printer. :/

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        You can use a blacklight to see if the printed page has the tracking dots.

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          It’s an hp. I just assume it does.

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