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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: tempo on February 08, 2013, 02:17 am
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_steganography
Which printers are safe? Or just buy a second hand printer with cash? Do vendors know about this?
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Shit, that's fucked up.
Maybe this is also why I hear about people running out of yellow ink when they almost never print in color.
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I observed this myself with a Dell printer, was really surprised when I found out. Though it's not really hard to purchase one anonymously with cash, and hard enough to trace one to you even if you don't as how many sellers attach serials to purchases? Well, Dell for one!
The very article you link to contains a link that answers one of your questions though...
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The very article you link to contains a link that answers one of your questions though...
Yes, but I thought, I can do a little awareness.