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Interesting, interesting. Today while browsing the net I learned an interesting fact, that color printers may secretly print information to help identify you. Yea I know it sounds like something out of a conspiracy theory novel, but it is indeed true. An excerpt from that article states that:

…printouts from many color laser printers contained yellow dots scattered across the page, viewable only with a special kind of flashlight … contain information useful to law-enforcement authorities, a secret digital “license tag” for tracking down criminals.

Crazy huh? I personally would not believe it except for the fact that:

The U.S. Secret Service acknowledged yesterday that the markings, which are not visible to the human eye, are there, but it played down the use for invading privacy.

Wow, wow, wow! I was already against purchasing (for my personal use) printers based on the cost of upkeed alone. This just gives me one more reason NOT to buy a printer.