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Printers Let Big Brother Connect Privacy Dots

Watchdogs worry about anti-counterfeit marks left by laser models

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 15, 2008 3:13 PM CDT

(Newser) – The growing popularity of laser printers has privacy watchdogs worried, USA Today reports. Many such printers have a feature, designed to foil currency counterfeiters, that puts a signature of microscopic dots on each page. In the US, only the Secret Service can decode the information,...   Read full story »

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