Big Brother
October 18th, 2005 -- Posted in 11010011 | 5 Comments »I’ve always thought that conspiracy theorists, for the most part, were full of it. I’ve read 1984 and have seen (and enjoyed) Conspiracy Theory (with Mel Gibson), but it’s always something you find hard to believe.
Interestingly, it was has recently been discovered that many color laser printers (from manufacturers like Canon and Xerox) actually print nearly invisible codes onto each printout. They consist of a series of dots that can only be seen with special lighting and a magnifying glass.
Here’s an excerpt from an article:
Xerox previously admitted that it provided these tracking dots to the government, but indicated that only the Secret Service had the ability to read the code. The Secret Service maintains that it only uses the information for criminal counterfeit investigations. However, there are no laws to prevent the government from abusing this information.