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Is your printer spying on you? | The Register: "Is your printer spying on you?
Tech tracking spooks EFF
By John Leyden
Published Friday 29th July 2005 14:37 GMT
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Secret codes enbedded into pages printed by some colour laser printers pose a risk to personal privacy, according to the Electronic Frontier Fundation. The US privacy group warns the approach - ostensibly only designed to identify counterfeiters - has become a tool for government surveillance, unchecked by laws to prevent abuse."
Tech tracking spooks EFF
By John Leyden
Published Friday 29th July 2005 14:37 GMT
Get breaking Reg news straight to your desktop - click here to find out how
Secret codes enbedded into pages printed by some colour laser printers pose a risk to personal privacy, according to the Electronic Frontier Fundation. The US privacy group warns the approach - ostensibly only designed to identify counterfeiters - has become a tool for government surveillance, unchecked by laws to prevent abuse."
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