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Old 20-10-2005, 08:26   #1
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What does your printer say about you?

There is an article in the Metro newspaper this morning (front page, actually) entitled "Big brother is watching you" - The word 'brother' being rendered as per the printer manufacturer.

Anyway it refers to an article from EFF http://www.eff.org/Privacy/printers/ which start as follows:

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Imagine that every time you printed a document, it automatically included a secret code that could be used to identify the printer - and potentially, the person who used it.
The article in Metro quotes an EFF spokesperson as saying:

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What else has been made to ensure out technology rats on us?
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