Printer Spying?

By Luke Iseman

Luke Iseman

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October 22nd, 2008 6

I can has subtle spying?
Here’s an Instructable from the Electronic Frontier Foundation about tracking codes printers add to documents they print. Readers of Make learned about this back in volume 6; now, we’ve got a convenient video to send our friends:

Here’s the link to learn more on EFF’s site.

Tagged Instructables printer spy

By Luke Iseman

Luke Iseman

Luke Iseman makes stuff, some of which works. He invites you to drive a bike for a living (dirtnailpedicab.com), stop killing your garden (growerbot.com), and live in an off-grid shipping container (boxouse.com).

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