as if we didn't have enough to worry about:

It seems the government(s) can trace you to your own printer with
hidden codes embedded in everything you print: here is the link:

http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_1819331,00.html

They put colored dots in a pattern you can only see with a microscope
into the image you print and each printer is has a unique signature
so if you are a dissident and print flyers you can be identified by
the dots hidden in the image, kind of like water marks but sleazier.

Originally posted by sonhouse
It seems the government(s) can trace you to your own printer with
hidden codes embedded in everything you print: here is the link:

http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_1819331,00.html

They put colored dots in a pattern you can only see with a microscope
into the image you print and each printer is has a unique signature
so if y ...[text shortened]... s you can be identified by
the dots hidden in the image, kind of like water marks but sleazier.

That's crazy. Oh well, I don't own a laser jet printer.

I wonder how reliable the info is.

You're right: we do have enough to worry about.