• mitram@sopuli.xyz
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        3 days ago

        It’s honestly better to do it with a printer that can’t be connected to you so easily.

        Some printers leave imperceptible identifiers on the paper that can later be used to track what printer was used and might lead to identifying the buyer.

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            2 days ago

            Not contesting that, but at some point in time announcing that the sun is in the center of our solar system would have you barbecued.

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              It really doesn’t matter as most printer production is made in countries that want to sell to the US if not located there and I have yet to find a government who won’t use any excuse to add state espionage tools they can use and blame on others. The US initially said it was to stop counterfeit currency production, that and the constellation QR type thing that stops printers from replicating the item in question does that, but fingerprinting all printers not only identifies the machine and most likely who used it but also is a great way to force people to start cutting out news papers again if they want to be anonymous in their letters asking for ransoms.