Laser Printed Pages Now Can Track You 'Like A License Plate'

[Lon]

Crashj proclaimed:

<>
Mygawd, all my big bills must be counterfeit, because they have those
same seemingly random paterns of yellow marks all over the back!
Should I tell the Secret Service?
"twentys and fiftys and hundreds, oh my"

*NO!* Don't call the Secret Service!! Good grief, do you want to be
arrested for posession of counterfeit!! You are far too valuable to
the froup to risk yourself and your freedom in such a careless manner.
I have some contacts that should be able to dispose of them for us,
and I will of course return a portion of the proceeds back to you.
I'll contact you by private mail and give you a blind shipping
address where you can send those bills with no risk to either of us.
Oh, of course I will ask you to first reimburse me for the costs of
setting up this blind drop shipping address, so please be prepared to
give me your bank account numbers so I can arrange a transfer for you.

 

[bengalsfan]

Hey, if you were a Master Criminal, would you BUY the printer?

What would Lex Luthor or The Joker do?

 

[Burroughs Guy]

Mygawd, all my big bills must be counterfeit, because they have those
same seemingly random paterns of yellow marks all over the back!
Should I tell the Secret Service?

Don't call the Secret Service, they'll arrest you for having
counterfeit bills. My friend Vinny will come over in 20 minutes to
pick them up. Vinny's service charge is $100, but if you don't have
that much in good bills, just give him a down payment and he'll trust
you for the rest.

 

[Dr H]

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, MrPepper11 vociferated:

}PC World / Mon Nov 22, 2004
}Government Uses Color Laser Printer Technology to Track Documents
}Jason Tuohey, Medill News Service
}
}WASHINGTON--Next time you make a printout from your color laser
}printer, shine an LED flashlight beam on it and examine it closely
}with a magnifying glass. You might be able to see the small, scattered
}yellow dots printer there that could be used to trace the document
}back to you.
}
}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.


What they didn't reckon on is all those stores using the yellow felt-tip
pens to detect counterfeits. The yellow marks effectively cover up the
yellow dots.

Time for v.1.1 ...

Dr H

 

[Hatunen]

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, MrPepper11 vociferated:

}PC World / Mon Nov 22, 2004
}Government Uses Color Laser Printer Technology to Track Documents
}Jason Tuohey, Medill News Service
}
}WASHINGTON--Next time you make a printout from your color laser
}printer, shine an LED flashlight beam on it and examine it closely
}with a magnifying glass. You might be able to see the small, scattered
}yellow dots printer there that could be used to trace the document
}back to you.
}
}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.


What they didn't reckon on is all those stores using the yellow felt-tip
pens to detect counterfeits. The yellow marks effectively cover up the
yellow dots.

FYI, the pens have an iodine solution that is supposed to detect
the starch in cheap paper used in some counterfeit bills.

************* DAVE HATUNEN ([email protected]) *************
* Tucson Arizona, out where the cacti grow *
* My typos & mispellings are intentional copyright traps *

 

[Arthur Entlich]

I imagine the code is repeated throughout the document, and any small
area that might be obscured by ink won't much matter.

Art

 

[Dr H]

On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, Hatunen vociferated:

}On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 15:07:30 -0800, Dr H <[email protected]>
}wrote:
}
}>
}>On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, MrPepper11 vociferated:
}>
}>}PC World / Mon Nov 22, 2004
}>}Government Uses Color Laser Printer Technology to Track Documents
}>}Jason Tuohey, Medill News Service
}>}
}>}WASHINGTON--Next time you make a printout from your color laser
}>}printer, shine an LED flashlight beam on it and examine it closely
}>}with a magnifying glass. You might be able to see the small, scattered
}>}yellow dots printer there that could be used to trace the document
}>}back to you.
}>}
}>}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.
}>
}>
}> What they didn't reckon on is all those stores using the yellow felt-tip
}> pens to detect counterfeits. The yellow marks effectively cover up the
}> yellow dots.
}
}FYI, the pens have an iodine solution that is supposed to detect
}the starch in cheap paper used in some counterfeit bills.

I did know that, but thanks anyway.

For a time it was considered great fun amonst certain elements of the local
college crowd to coat $20s with spray starch, resulting is many embarassing
false positives.

Dr H

 

[Crashj]

}FYI, the pens have an iodine solution that is supposed to detect
}the starch in cheap paper used in some counterfeit bills.

I did know that, but thanks anyway.

For a time it was considered great fun amonst certain elements of the local
college crowd to coat $20s with spray starch, resulting is many embarassing
false positives.
Dr H

I do not believe you said that without cracking a smile?

 

[Paul Blay]

I do not believe you said that without cracking a smile?

Is that a question or not.
I do not believe my mind can take the strain?

 

[JLB]

FYI, the pens have an iodine solution that is supposed to detect
the starch in cheap paper used in some counterfeit bills.

See first item "you've seen it" on page

http://www.randi.org/jr/120304youve.html

 

[Dr H]

On Thu, 2 Dec 2004, Crashj vociferated:

}On or about Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:27:08 -0800, Dr H <[email protected]>
}wrote something like:
}>On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, Hatunen vociferated:
}<>
}<>
}>}FYI, the pens have an iodine solution that is supposed to detect
}>}the starch in cheap paper used in some counterfeit bills.
}>
}> I did know that, but thanks anyway.
}>
}> For a time it was considered great fun amonst certain elements of the local
}> college crowd to coat $20s with spray starch, resulting is many embarassing
}> false positives.
}>Dr H
}
}I do not believe you said that without cracking a smile?

The libertarians wouldn't understand. But hey, for you?



Dr H