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Does anyone know a list of safe printers (can be second hand postscript laser printers) that do not phone home, embed invisible yellow dot patterns for unique identification and so forth?


> embed invisible yellow dot patterns...

Whoa, is this a thing? I know gov surveillance is in depth, but wow.

I'd love to read more, is there a good place to read about this?


See https://www.eff.org/issues/printers

Color laser printers can't be trusted.

Color inkjet printers probably can't either. Networked printers should not be granted internet access. The printer vendor is your enemy, not an ally.


Thanks for the link.

I've never trusted printer vendors (or any vendors to be honest.), and I don't give printers inet access, but the yellow dots are news to me.




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