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by s1mon 1912 days ago
Somehow when I last read about this technology I had thought it was only triggered when copying or printing counterfeit currency, but really the history is that it was the fear of counterfeiting which helped the US government get printer manufacturers to add this tracking info to most color laster printers. Ugh. Good to know... https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/household-printers-trackin...