Laser Printed Pages Now Can Track You 'Like A License Plate'

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I imagine the code is repeated throughout the document, and any small
area that might be obscured by ink won't much matter.

Art

Dr H wrote:

> On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, MrPepper11 vociferated:
>
> }PC World / Mon Nov 22, 2004
> }Government Uses Color Laser Printer Technology to Track Documents
> }Jason Tuohey, Medill News Service
> }
> }WASHINGTON--Next time you make a printout from your color laser
> }printer, shine an LED flashlight beam on it and examine it closely
> }with a magnifying glass. You might be able to see the small, scattered
> }yellow dots printer there that could be used to trace the document
> }back to you.
> }
> }According to experts, several printer companies quietly encode the
> }serial number and the manufacturing code of their color laser printers
> }and color copiers on every document those machines produce.
> }Governments, including the United States, already use the hidden
> }markings to track counterfeiters.
>
>
> What they didn't reckon on is all those stores using the yellow felt-tip
> pens to detect counterfeits. The yellow marks effectively cover up the
> yellow dots.
>
> Time for v.1.1 ...
>
> Dr H

 

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On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, Hatunen vociferated:

}On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 15:07:30 -0800, Dr H <hiawatha@efn.org>
}wrote:
}
}>
}>On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, MrPepper11 vociferated:
}>
}>}PC World / Mon Nov 22, 2004
}>}Government Uses Color Laser Printer Technology to Track Documents
}>}Jason Tuohey, Medill News Service
}>}
}>}WASHINGTON--Next time you make a printout from your color laser
}>}printer, shine an LED flashlight beam on it and examine it closely
}>}with a magnifying glass. You might be able to see the small, scattered
}>}yellow dots printer there that could be used to trace the document
}>}back to you.
}>}
}>}According to experts, several printer companies quietly encode the
}>}serial number and the manufacturing code of their color laser printers
}>}and color copiers on every document those machines produce.
}>}Governments, including the United States, already use the hidden
}>}markings to track counterfeiters.
}>
}>
}> What they didn't reckon on is all those stores using the yellow felt-tip
}> pens to detect counterfeits. The yellow marks effectively cover up the
}> yellow dots.
}
}FYI, the pens have an iodine solution that is supposed to detect
}the starch in cheap paper used in some counterfeit bills.

I did know that, but thanks anyway.

For a time it was considered great fun amonst certain elements of the local
college crowd to coat $20s with spray starch, resulting is many embarassing
false positives.

Dr H

 

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On or about Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:27:08 -0800, Dr H <hiawatha@efn.org>
wrote something like:
>On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, Hatunen vociferated:
<>
<>
>}FYI, the pens have an iodine solution that is supposed to detect
>}the starch in cheap paper used in some counterfeit bills.
>
> I did know that, but thanks anyway.
>
> For a time it was considered great fun amonst certain elements of the local
> college crowd to coat $20s with spray starch, resulting is many embarassing
> false positives.
>Dr H

I do not believe you said that without cracking a smile?

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Crashj

 

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"Crashj" wrote ...
> On or about Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:27:08 -0800, Dr H <hiawatha@efn.org>
> wrote something like:
>> For a time it was considered great fun amonst certain elements of the local
>> college crowd to coat $20s with spray starch, resulting is many embarassing
>> false positives.
>
> I do not believe you said that without cracking a smile?

Is that a question or not.
I do not believe my mind can take the strain?

 

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Hatunen wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 15:07:30 -0800, Dr H <hiawatha@efn.org>
> wrote:

>>
>>What they didn't reckon on is all those stores using the yellow felt-tip
>>pens to detect counterfeits. The yellow marks effectively cover up the
>>yellow dots.
>
>
> FYI, the pens have an iodine solution that is supposed to detect
> the starch in cheap paper used in some counterfeit bills.

See first item "you've seen it" on page

http://www.randi.org/jr/120304youve.html

--
Joe * If I cannot be free I'll be cheap

 

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On Thu, 2 Dec 2004, Crashj vociferated:

}On or about Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:27:08 -0800, Dr H <hiawatha@efn.org>
}wrote something like:
}>On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, Hatunen vociferated:
}<>
}<>
}>}FYI, the pens have an iodine solution that is supposed to detect
}>}the starch in cheap paper used in some counterfeit bills.
}>
}> I did know that, but thanks anyway.
}>
}> For a time it was considered great fun amonst certain elements of the local
}> college crowd to coat $20s with spray starch, resulting is many embarassing
}> false positives.
}>Dr H
}
}I do not believe you said that without cracking a smile?

The libertarians wouldn't understand. But hey, for you?



Dr H