Why do some printers have secret tracking dots?

If you've ever printed something and wondered if it could be used to track you, the answer is a resounding yes, thanks to a ...

Every color laser printer in America secretly encodes your identity on every page you print. Here’s what those dots say.

The Secret Service asked printer companies to embed invisible tracking dots on every page, starting in the 1980s. The dots ...
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Your printer has been a government spy since 2001 – secretly tagging every document

Reality Winner learned the hard way that printed pages carry invisible forensic fingerprints. When NSA contractor Reality Winner leaked classified documents about Russian election interference in 2017 ...