Rise of the Machines
Which is the True Menace?
For years, many traditionalist printmakers have been wary of digital printing. Was this just alarmist Luddite buffoonery, as I have always believed? NO! Because your printer is spying on you!
Several months ago I mentioned the fact that some printers embed invisible yellow dots in documents; these dots are secret codes that can be used by the government to track the source of printed materials. Naturally this has alarmed many privacy advocates. Perhaps worse, the dots aren’t even truly invisible, so they also ruin your prints.
If you’re worried about this, you might want to join the People’s Campaign to End Yellow Dots on My Prints.
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I don’t understand why people are still just now finding out about this, I’ve known about this for at least 7 or 8 years. It’s almost frustrating when you see some one say it, and a majority of the people react like this is recent information.