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remontoire
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Why printers add secret tracking dots (2020)
I suspect that the company would get a visit from the secret service
zodiakzz
on Aug 1, 2021
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The default assumption should always be that everything is backdoored, _especially_ these "privacy-first" products
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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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https://ryf.fsf.org
nine_k
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Interestingly, there's not even a section for printers in that list.
fsflover
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Yes, there is no single printer that respects your rights.
pnutjam
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https://www.eff.org/pages/list-printers-which-do-or-do-not-d...
apple4ever
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> This list is no longer being updated.
pnutjam
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Yeah, and it says everything tracks now and dots are not the only way. That was my point.
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