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[-] Acamon@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

What's this? I've never seen yellow dots on stuff I print

Edit: looked it up, intresting and definitely a bit disturbing from a privacy perspective. Particularly that it was kept secret until 2004.

[-] Dudewitbow@lemmy.zip 10 points 11 months ago

theyre microscopic. theyre typically used to track printers doing illegal stuff (e.g counterfeiting) and leak tracking if someone when to scan some document and post it somewhere it shouldnt be. Of course, this is antithetical to privacy. The yellow dots are microscopic throughout the page.

[-] Vonmiir@lemmy.zip 4 points 11 months ago

You can’t. They’re microscopic.

[-] Warl0k3@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago

It's only common on color laser printers.

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