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=OG=MAINEiac
05-15-2010, 12:53 AM
Pretty scary stuff!


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=OG=CuZ
05-15-2010, 04:24 AM
Lol, Wow!
=OG=Cowboy
05-15-2010, 03:20 PM
Looks like a good small business start up for an out of work IT guy!
=OG=ahab
05-15-2010, 04:41 PM
It also happens on your personal laser printer. It puts a type of watermark on everything you print (model, make, serial number, etc).

They say it's for counterfeiting but who knows now a days.

http://arstechnica.com/security/news/2008/02/eu-commissioner-printer-tracking-may-be-human-rights-violation.ars

http://arstechnica.com/old/content/2005/10/5447.ars

http://www.eff.org/wp/investigating-machine-identification-code-technology-color-laser-printers

Scary stuff indeed.

ahab
smith
05-21-2010, 03:52 AM
lol my old man always says that the best thing to do is use a pen and paper maybe hes right :lol: