[Publib] Are Library Printers Spying on People?

[Shaw, Matthew M]

I saw something on this a few months ago in the media. Copying machines
often employ the same technology. So if customers make copies of
driver's licenses, social security cards, etc., those images may be
captured. 

Apparently, identity thieves are buying up old printers and copiers at
auctions with the intent of capturing stored information. 


Matt Shaw
Adult Services Librarian, Kernersville Public Library
Forsyth County Public Library System
130 E. Mountain Street
Kernersville, NC 27284

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Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 8:37 PM
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Subject: [Publib] Are Library Printers Spying on People?

>From the Electronic Frontier Foundation:

>> In a purported effort to identify counterfeiters, the US government
has
succeeded in persuading some color laser printer manufacturers to encode
each page with identifying information. That means that without your
knowledge or consent, an act you assume is private could become
public. <<

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

List of Printers that Do or Do Not Display Tracking Dots

http://www.eff.org/pages/list-printers-which-do-or-do-not-display-tracki
ng-dots

Also: http://www.seeingyellow.com

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John Gehner
Urbana, Illinois
jgehner at hhptf.org



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