Sydney Morning Herald: "How creepy is this? Many colour laser printers spew out a matrix of tiny dots - invisible to the naked eye - which identify th
October 18, 2005

Sydney Morning Herald: "How creepy is this? Many colour laser printers spew out a matrix of tiny dots - invisible to the naked eye - which identify the serial number of the printer and the date and time the printing took place. A research team led by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, which broke the code, says the dot code was embedded in a deal struck between the US Secret Service and selected printer manufacturers some years back...read on"

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