thepompe@ttrpg.network to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 day agoPrinters leave a watermark on each page indicating the exact printer that it came from. Are there any other examples of these privacy violations that aren't common knowledge?message-squaremessage-square136fedilinkarrow-up1366arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1364arrow-down1message-squarePrinters leave a watermark on each page indicating the exact printer that it came from. Are there any other examples of these privacy violations that aren't common knowledge?thepompe@ttrpg.network to Privacy@lemmy.ml · 1 day agomessage-square136fedilinkfile-text
One thing I’m concerned about is recording equipment leaving identifiable information without us knowing about it.
minus-squareमुक्त@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·1 day agoThey use yellow ink for that in colour printers.
minus-squarepirat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·24 hours agoI just occured to me that could be the reason for when a color printer wont even let you print, say, pure black text, even though it only has emptied some of the colored ink, but still has plenty of black ink left to do the job…
minus-squareमुक्त@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoYou wrote more, much; but left this to inference. I highlighted one bit: yellow.
They use yellow ink for that in colour printers.
I just occured to me that could be the reason for when a color printer wont even let you print, say, pure black text, even though it only has emptied some of the colored ink, but still has plenty of black ink left to do the job…
Did I not write that?
You wrote more, much; but left this to inference.
I highlighted one bit: yellow.