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minus-squareMajesticElevator@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·edit-22 months agoDo anyone know a printer that doesn’t do that?
minus-squareFooBarrington@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19arrow-down1·2 months agoI’m pretty sure you just earned an entry on some surveillance list lol
minus-squareMajesticElevator@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·edit-22 months agoI’m already on a couple ones so all good 😊
minus-squareExtraPartsLeft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·2 months agoBlack ink only printers can’t print in yellow.
minus-squareFizzyOrange@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoUnfortunately there are techniques that work with black and white printers too. I don’t know if any have actually been implemented though.
minus-squareExtraPartsLeft@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoI hadn’t heard that. I guess imperceptible grey is just as good.
minus-squareFizzyOrange@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoI can’t find it now but IIRC it works differently - not by adding dots but by subtly modulation the laser power. It’s more like traditional steganography.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoDot matrix printers don’t do it.
minus-squareRefurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up16·2 months agoThat doesn’t require tracking when you’re the only guy who still uses a dot matrix printer.
minus-squareRefurbished Refurbisher@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoI’m honestly kind of surprised there isn’t an even more relevant xkcd comic.
Do anyone know a printer that doesn’t do that?
I’m pretty sure you just earned an entry on some surveillance list lol
I’m already on a couple ones so all good 😊
Black ink only printers can’t print in yellow.
Unfortunately there are techniques that work with black and white printers too. I don’t know if any have actually been implemented though.
I hadn’t heard that. I guess imperceptible grey is just as good.
I can’t find it now but IIRC it works differently - not by adding dots but by subtly modulation the laser power. It’s more like traditional steganography.
Dot matrix printers don’t do it.
That doesn’t require tracking when you’re the only guy who still uses a dot matrix printer.
https://xkcd.com/1105/
I’m honestly kind of surprised there isn’t an even more relevant xkcd comic.