Track this!
Posted on 10/18/2005 6:54:07 AM PDT by antiRepublicrat
EFF has cracked the code for Xerox. Anybody can now know the print date and serial number of the Xerox color laser printer you use to print anything. Other brands coming soon.
So, FReepers, be careful of what you print.
Let's get "cracking" on those National Guard documents!
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I can see the fnords...
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Track this!
WOW!
I dunno...sounds a bit tinfoilesque to me.
The EFF might be many things, but they aren't tinfoilers.
Those printing money, drivers license, social security cards, false IDs etc. should worry a lot.....
I would think the analog B&W copying at Kinkos would destroy this.
Indeed, any B&W print would be safe.
Just avoid laser printers, from the look of things that are discussed here.
Liberals are going to hate this. Everytime they print fake documents aledging some famous republican was gay we can trace exactly what printer they used to forge em.
This was announced and started early last year.
"If you are not doing anything illegal, this should not bother you."
Yeah, and the Clintons didn't use the IRS to abuse their critics.
Print a criticle article: get harrassed. Heck, get investigated and spend $100,000 making sure you don't get railroaded into jail for doing nothing.
When thinking about government power, assume Hillary Clinton is president with Jame Carville running the FBI.
Seems that the issue is that laser printers are potentially (and are, actually) used by counterfitters and other document forgers to do their dirty deeds.
Using an inkjet is fine for most printed documents otherwise, for most people. Laser printers are great for profound b&w documents, so it also seems it's a case of color lasers being appealing to the wrong clients for their wrongful deeds.
Most people don't have all that much to protect that isn't already knowable to those who need to know, if/when there is or isn't criminal behavior going on. I don't LIKE the idea of being spied upon and read up on -- not at all -- but I'd just avoid color lasers and use an inkjet and not engage in forging documents!
Or use a color laser with the knowledge that what you're printing is potentially viewable to others. Everything at Kinko's has been for a while now (not at all private).
Why do I think the ACLU might have something to say about this?
In my experience, ALL politicians use governmental agencies to invade the lives of those they perceive as not being in their pocket or predictable.
They do seem to be increasing instances of rewarding those who are most harmful and harassing those who are most vulnerable, and all across the board. I think we have a bad Congress, all told.
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