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Questions about printer steganography
Jan. 24, 2023, 1:22 p.m. | /u/becool773
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Read an article mentioning printer steganography, read more articles/pages about this
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine\_Identification\_Code](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Identification_Code)
[https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170607-why-printers-add-secret-tracking-dots](https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20170607-why-printers-add-secret-tracking-dots) [https://blog.erratasec.com/2017/06/how-intercept-outed-reality-winner.html#.Y8-t4oTP3QF](https://blog.erratasec.com/2017/06/how-intercept-outed-reality-winner.html#.Y8-t4oTP3QF) [https://www.eff.org/pages/list-printers-which-do-or-do-not-display-tracking-dots](https://www.eff.org/pages/list-printers-which-do-or-do-not-display-tracking-dots)
Now it seems that this was primarily done to tackle the counterfeit currency problems only in colored laser printers. Here are my two questions-
1. As per the last link above, all the printers in that list (which is not being updated anymore) are colored laser printers. They were not doing this in inkjet printers?
2. Black and white laser and inkjet printers cannot …
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