I've read about that same information from an article in the washington post on how Laserjet printers no matter what brand can all do the very same thing:
Sleuths Crack Tracking Code Discovered in Color Printers 10 19 2005 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/18/AR2005101801663.html And speaking of which also 10 17 2005 EFF Reveals Codes in Xerox Printers http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/17/AR2005101701219.html In both articles the Government claims to state that the tracking ID codes are used to track and crack down on counterfeiting money. Yeah right its been in use for ten years and we have just known about it now. My real hunch is that the DOJ, CIA and the DOH most recently have been using these ID codes for years during the 80's to track secret satellite photos among terrorist who would share them over internet IP printers. I'll also bet the CIA and DOH also have been using these printer ID codes to track spies sharing printed photos with encoded microdot messages and it was partly the reason as to how Eldridge Aimes was caught in a covert spy espenage ring exchanging US millitary secrets with the former Soviet Union by using photos encoded with microdot messages. The messages can only be seen under ultraviolet light with a high powered microsocope. Marc Sims Data Technician I Administrative Technology Services Prince George's Community College 301 Largo Rd. Largo, MD. 20774 Largo, MD 20774-2199 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thursday, October 20, 2005 >>> An interesting article concerning ways your printed pages can be traced to you plus a link about Lexmark printers installing spyware. Warm Regards, Lou ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A reader recently asked me this intriguing question about laser printers and personal privacy: "I've heard that some printers embed a secret coded dot pattern on each printed page, and that if you decode the dots, you can determine the owner of the printer and the exact time the page was printed. That sounds like a privacy violation -- is it true?" This one has all the markings of a silly urban legend, but in fact it's true. Find out what the U.S. government has to do with this, and learn how to decode the little yellow dots here: http://www.askbobrankin.com/is_your_printer_spying_on_you.html -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html -- ---------------------------------------- The WIN-HOME mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html
