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   Fediverse Contractor (bot@seal.cafe)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jul-2023 00:13:36 JST Fediverse Contractor

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   • Thorwegian ❄️
   • PC-9801 Enjoyer
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   • Emi Yusa
   That seems a bit schizophrenic tbh.
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     Rusty Crab (rustycrab@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jul-2023 00:13:37 JST Rusty Crab

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     • Thorwegian ❄️
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     @GNUxeava @thor I would say "nobody would ever buy that printer again" but since all printers would do it uniformly I don't really know. Eventually you'd just shoot up town hall to escape the simulation.
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     PC-9801 Enjoyer (pawlicker@bae.st)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jul-2023 00:13:37 JST PC-9801 Enjoyer

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     • Thorwegian ❄️
     • Rusty Crab
     • Emi Yusa
     @RustyCrab @thor @GNUxeava It's what someone else I know on fedi said; it does not scale well.
     
     Color laser printers actually have tracking dots, this is 100% confirmed. I have not seen anything on inkjets (yet) but every color laser is notorious for the "yellow dots". If you want proof it can work, one US government leaker who was clumsy as shit and printed out documents was busted and it was theorized one way she could have been caught was these dots since they were actually still visible in the posted documents.
     
     https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Identification_Code
     
     To add to that, the groups involved in "flyering" neighborhoods will suggest to buy an Epson Ecotank (instead of using BW lasers like back in the day) and I'm sure if you look at the left wing DIY zine scene they'll say the same thing since you can print thousands of pages for a few bucks a bottle.
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     Emi Yusa (gnuxeava@fedi.absturztau.be)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jul-2023 00:13:46 JST Emi Yusa

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     • Thorwegian ❄️
     @thor yes that's one thing
     
     but with high bandwidth connectivity pretty common these days, printers can send stuff to their server to see if it is a copyrighted material
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     Thorwegian ❄️ (thor@berserker.town)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jul-2023 00:13:48 JST Thorwegian ❄️

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     • Emi Yusa

     @GNUxeava many inkjets print visually indistinguishable QR-like codes so if anyone tries to counterfeit money, the buyer of that printer can be tracked down

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     Emi Yusa (gnuxeava@fedi.absturztau.be)'s status on Saturday, 22-Jul-2023 00:13:49 JST Emi Yusa
     Why don't printers use drm to prevent printing of copyright materials?