Printer steganography

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loldier
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It's hardly a new thing. Now, it's newsworthy again.

https://bbs.boingboing.net/t/reality-winner-was-outed-by-invisible-dot-patterns-added-by-printers-among-other-things/102229

https://www.eff.org/issues/printers

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_steganography

I don't think it was yellow dots that done her in, but it's a good time and occasion to bring this up. Remember, they used to say that GDR or Communist Romania were monster states because they made citizens register typewriters if they bought one.

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/reviews/burying-the-typewriter-childhood-under-the-eye-of-the-secret-police-by-carmen-bugan-7827276.html

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jun/17/burying-typewriter-carmen-bugan-review

loldier
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http://blog.erratasec.com/2017/06/how-intercept-outed-reality-winner.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURion_constellation

Ostensibly, they claim that the dots are to counter illegal money forging. As always, if there's a way, they WILL abuse it.

SuperTramp83

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Read it a couple of days ago, sad story :/

JadedCtrl
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I mean... if you're counterfitting money, are you really using the same kind of printer a random guy does?
I'd think counterfitters use specialized printers or something. :s

JadedCtrl
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*snip-snip* My comment was double-posted. :/

JadedCtrl
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I mean... if you're counterfitting money, are you really using the same kind of printer a random guy does?
I'd think counterfitters use specialized printers or something. :s