Yes. We should all take notice of this. The important question to ask is: Why would a corporation decide to spend the money and research to make anything coming out of their printers traceable to a particular printer serial number with a date stamp? Seems a significant investment of money, and there seems to be no apparent profit motive. The only reasonable answer is that there must be pressure from the US government to do this. How does the US government exert this type of pressure? What is the mechanism? Where else is this type of pressure exerted? It would be interesting to see what the US has arranged with Microsoft. I'd be very much surprised if Microsoft hasn't created back doors in Windows, etc to aid the US government surveillance. Considering that 95% of the world uses Windows, and the amount of leverage the US gov has with Microsoft in the form of anti-trust claims, etc., it would be amazingly stupid if the US government didn't have an arrangement with Microsoft. That isn't paranoid. That is the reality people. The dots on the printer paper are really just the tip of the berg. Jeff Pflueger http://jeffpflueger.com karl shah-jenner wrote: >From: http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2005_10.php#004063 > > >October 17, 2005 >Secret Code in Color Printers Lets Government Track You > >Tiny Dots Show Where and When You Made Your Print > >and the guide to decoding the information: >http://www.eff.org/Privacy/printers/docucolor/ > >nice - your government is watching you > > >k > > > > > >
