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Re:Why printers add secret tracking dots (2020) by zodiakzz on Sunday August 01, 2021 @04:23AM (#28024729)
The default assumption should always be that everything is backdoored, _especially_ these "privacy-first" products
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Re:Why printers add secret tracking dots (2020) by Ieghaehia9 on Sunday August 01, 2021 @04:49AM (#28024840)
That's why it would need a software equivalent of nothing-up-my-sleeve numbers, i.e. open-source firmware.

There's still Trusting Trust, but that's rather harder to pull off.

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Re:Why printers add secret tracking dots (2020) by fsflover on Sunday August 01, 2021 @06:28AM (#28025251)
https://ryf.fsf.org
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Re:Why printers add secret tracking dots (2020) by nine_k on Sunday August 01, 2021 @12:15PM (#28027377)
Interestingly, there's not even a section for printers in that list.
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Re:Why printers add secret tracking dots (2020) by fsflover on Sunday August 01, 2021 @01:13PM (#28027965)
Yes, there is no single printer that respects your rights.
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Re:Why printers add secret tracking dots (2020) by pnutjam on Sunday August 01, 2021 @07:43AM (#28025586)
https://www.eff.org/pages/list-printers-which-do-or-do-not-d...
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Re:Why printers add secret tracking dots (2020) by apple4ever on Sunday August 01, 2021 @12:04PM (#28027286)
> This list is no longer being updated.
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Re:Why printers add secret tracking dots (2020) by pnutjam on Sunday August 01, 2021 @12:41PM (#28027625)
Yeah, and it says everything tracks now and dots are not the only way. That was my point.
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