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EFF Requests Help to Identify "Evil" Printers
jason writes "In preparation for a possible legal challenge, The Electronic Frontiers Foundation is requesting your help in identifying which printers are embedding traceable information in the documents they produce. Printer manufactures added this technology under persuasion from the government inorder to help combat counterfeiting operations, however this technology defeats the presumed anonymity most people expect from the documents they print."
In short, you have no idea how it works and want someone else figure it out. Wow, that's just what the EFF just asked in the story.
You need to get out more.
The more you know, the less you understand.
if you donate any money to the eff, you'll be branded as aiding a terrorist organization.
i only wish i was kidding.
Science : Proprietary , Knowledge : Open Source
The kinds of printers that you can buy with cash are definetly no where near capable of producing the kind of print quality you would need too fool someone.
Really? Is that why the presumably printed on an inkjet at home thirty dollar bill was successfully passed at Wal-Mart?
Even with the absolute top of the line for colour laser quality (possibly the DC8000 I mentioned above and operate) would never be able to produce a bank note quality print. Even trying would be foolish. Counterfit ID on the other hand would work so long as there is no hologram or foil to worry about.
Funny you should mention counterfit ID while maintaining that I wouldn't be able to buy such a printer with cash or through some other means that wouldn't allow me to be traced. Most high end printers are sold through resellers. Do you really think that I couldn't get my hands on one without leaving a trail that pointed back to me?
Thus this technology is pointless and only serves to go after the little fish. Not the big ones.
I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.