[rdb3]

"Underground democracy movements ... will always need the anonymity of simple paper documents, but this technology makes it easier for governments to find dissenters," said Lee Tien, EFF senior staff attorney. "Even worse, it shows how the government and private industry make backroom deals to weaken our privacy by compromising everyday equipment like printers."

Last time I checked, Xerox was not the govenment.

This has my Spidey-Senses tingling. What, exactly, is this SF-based EFF up to here?

If you want a Google GMail account, FReepmail me.

[SquirrelKing]

Trace something back to, say, a Kinkos in Abilene maybe?

[rdb3]

^

[Hexenhammer]

EFF needs to set down the pipe. I doubt the next great nation like America is going to be foiled by dots on printer paper.

[Defiant]

Wouldn't it be interesting if the printer could add your registration info to what you printed?

[Anthem]

Why don't we read all of Lee Tien's quote to get a better idea what the EFF is "up to".

From EFF

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"Underground democracy movements that produce political or religious pamphlets and flyers, like the Russian samizdat of the 1980s, will always need the anonymity of simple paper documents, but this technology makes it easier for governments to find dissenters," said EFF Senior Staff Attorney Lee Tien. "Even worse, it shows how the government and private industry make backroom deals to weaken our privacy by compromising everyday equipment like printers. The logical next question is: what other deals have been or are being made to ensure that our technology rats on us?"

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Of course, it can't happen here. If you've got nothing to hide, you've got nothing to worry about. We're from the government/corporate partnership (which we swear is not fascism), and we're here to help.

[George Smiley]

AP is slow on the uptake.

Posted this on 10/18-

Is your printer spying on you?