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App Masks Hidden Printer Tracking Dots to Keep Whistleblowers Safe

Accepted submission by MrPlow at 2018-07-06 19:13:00
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MrPlow [soylentnews.org] writes:

Submitted via IRC for BoyceMagooglyMonkey

Four academics from the Technical University in Dresden, Germany (TU Dresden) have created an app that detects and masks the hidden dot patterns that laser color printers secretly hide on all printed documents.

Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/app-masks-hidden-printer-tracking-dots-to-keep-whistleblowers-safe/ [bleepingcomputer.com]

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