It’s weird that when it comes to security companies are like “we got too many important things to be doing, like adding this quarters new shiny feature, we don’t have time to encrypt user data”.
You would think that when it comes to adding obscure tracking codes companies would be like “we don’t care what people print, it’s not our problem, we aren’t going to bother with tracking watermarks”. But, no, every company has tracking watermarks while cutting every other corner possible.
I mean, half the companies out there are barely able to get their software to work, meanwhile printer companies have this robust watermark system that never fails. I don’t understand these priorities.
Where’s my tinfoil hat?
This isn’t necessarily bad. It is made so forgeries can be detected.
Halfway competent criminals know how to prevent it. But at the same time, I am simply against any and all non-consensual tracking.
I have a similar stance on this as DRM.
What do you mean by non-consensual? You agree to the terms when you use that printer? I agree that I don’t like either it nor DRM, but you have a reasonable ability to read first.
It also can’t be used to track you if your printer is kept off the internet
public function getSecretTrackingCode() { return $this->wifiManager->getNearbySsidsSortedByStrength()->__toString(); }
All of this just makes me want an open source printer. Anyone know of a color laser printer which uses open source firmware?
How does Mario read that if it’s on the back of the paper? Meme debunked.
i heard about it almost 20 years ago, so it’s basically a common knowledge
I personally heard the flight speed of an unladen swallow when I was 13 therefore every single person on the planet should know that…???
C’mon, you can’t just tempt us with the knowledge of the flight speed of an unladen swallow and not give us the actual number!
