c/privacy@lemmy.ml · pammyfromthesticks@mander.xyz · 13 Sep 2026 10:09

Your Printer is Snitching On YOU!

YouTube Your Printer is Snitching On YOU! Color laser printers have contained hidden surveillance technology since the mid-1980s. Xerox and Canon developed Machine Identification Code, a system of mi...

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@davel@lemmy.ml · 13 Sep 2026 · edited

I should inspect my black & white printouts for the yellow dots. Alternately I guess I could remove the color cartridges.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_tracking_dots

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- @spacegoat@lemmy.world · 13 Sep 2026
  
  That’s why a lot of printers refuse to print in black and white when color cartridges are empty.
  
  There are exceptions but it is the case for a large amount of printers
  
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