Interesting site for people that value privacy

[Alex]

To be clear, I don't particularly like the marking for printers and copiers. I think if a manufacturers is intentionally adding forensic devices to their products they should reveal it and let the purchaser make up their mind.

That said, I don't think a theoretical ability to track me down necessarily equates to a violation of privacy. To prove I printed a particular piece of paper from my printer would pretty much require already knowing that I printed it. Nobody is going to find a random piece of trash at the landfill and be able to say "Alex Stroup printed this."

[Pirate Bill]

Originally Posted by Alex

Nobody is going to find a random piece of trash at the landfill and be able to say "Alex Stroup printed this."

<puts on tinfoil hat>

But if you bought a used printer, and that printer was used to commit a crime, and a flier you posted around town links you to the printer...

[bewitched]

Alex Stroup wrote this:

Originally Posted by Alex

"Alex Stroup printed this."