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Then it is yet another example of the bajillions of unlikely coincidences that could result in circumstantial evidence I had committed a crime that I did not.
Similarly, if I ejaculate into a tissue and then tissue ends up momentarily near the vagina of the dead prostitute in the garbage truck it could create the appearance I had something to do with the test. If I go around jerking off onto every fire hydrant in the neighborhood it is not a violation of my privacy if the police somehow trace this back to me and connect it to the garbage truck corpse. It is if they force every male in the city to submit a DNA sample for comparison.
I'm not denying there it creates a forensic trail. I'm just saying that forensic trails are not inherently violations of privacy. And I agree that for the most part the printer/copier forensic trail is one that has little reason to exist but it still isn't really a violation of privacy, in my opinion. Especially if entered into knowingly (as I have with every printer/copier I've purchased in almost the last decade since I learned of it).
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