Re: Secret Code 'traces copies'

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Date: 10/23/05

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    Date: 22 Oct 2005 20:02:07 -0700

    Juergen Nieveler wrote:
    > Winged <Winged@nofollow.com> wrote:
    >
    > > I am not exactly sure how it helps as when I buy a printer or any
    > > equipment I typically don't register it. I am not really even sure
    > > where the threat to privacy is. For example, to read what identifies
    > > many printers requires a microscope.
    >
    > Let's say you're opposed to a tyrannical government in your country -
    > for example if you live in China, or Saudi-Arabia, or the USA ;-)
    >
    > You want to stage a leaflet-campaign against that government, and print
    > the leaflets on your printer at home. Even though the government cannot
    > trace them directly to you (as the printer wasn't registered), they
    > still DO know the serial number of that printer - so if they ever find
    > a reason to search your house, they'll note the serial number, check it
    > against a database of unknown printers, and they'll know that it was
    > you who printed the leaflets. Off you go to Guantanamo...
    >
    >
    > Juergen Nieveler
    > --
    > What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing. - Aristotle

    Pay with check or credit card, or send in a rebate, then the
    printer will be traced back to you.

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