Register: Last week Privacy International and the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) published this year’s edition of their Annual Global Privacy Study. The 800 page report, available free here, covers the state of privacy in 60 countries, and concludes that threats to personal privacy have now reached a level dangerous to fundamental human rights.
Yahoo: According to experts, several printer companies quietly encode the serial number and the manufacturing code of their color laser printers and color copiers on every document those machines produce. Governments, including the United States, already use the hidden markings to track counterfeiters.
PC World: Dutch track counterfeits via printer serial numbers.
WebWereld: De PvdA reageert geschokt op de WebWereld-onthulling dat kleurenafdrukken een verborgen code bevatten en eist duidelijkheid van de fabrikanten.
DMEurope: Canon, one such manufacturer, has recently revealed its products come with a technology that makes their print-work recognisable and traceable.
Infoshop News: Crean says Xerox pioneered this technology about 20 years ago, to assuage fears that their color copiers could easily be used to counterfeit bills.
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