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List of Printers Which Do or Do Not Display Tracking Dots

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586 points prawn | 1 comments | 06 Jun 17 22:12 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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amq ◴[07 Jun 17 09:51 UTC] No.14504881[source]▶
Even without deliberate watermarking, it is probably provable that an x document comes from a y printer, based on the way how letters look under microscope. Relevant, for example, if one would be dumb enough to print secret documents at home.
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1. zaxomi ◴[07 Jun 17 10:05 UTC] No.14504932[source]▶
Yes, it probably is. But it is a very big difference that someone can prove that a specific printer they are in possession of was used by comparing the printed papers, or if they can just look at the paper and get the serial number and time the document was printed. (And if they have a database of who purchased the that printer, they know where they should start to look)