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1. ztrlp+q5[view] [source] 2022-06-24 11:59:41
>>b112+(OP)
Soon they'll have a hidden 5G Internet connection that sends all printed material to the manufacturer, who will then sell the data to advertisers and the state.

Are there still any new printers (postscript, laser) that are reasonable? Black and white printing is sufficient.

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2. car_an+xm[view] [source] 2022-06-24 13:32:43
>>ztrlp+q5
They already add hidden tracking dots to documents: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Identification_Code

I don't know how this is legal without informing the user. But that's the case with a lot of censorship/surveillance technology - they not only want to keep surveil/censor, they want to do so while keeping users in the dark about it.

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