Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Thursday, June 8, 2017

The Spy in Your Printer

Your color laser printer may rat you out.

Unlike the old days, when the cops had to find the matching typewriter. some printers will encode source information into the page. Which was one of the tools that may have been used to catch Reality Winner.

Also, if you want to leak shit, don't send it to The Intercept. They would seem to be idiots.

6 comments:

B said...

Pretty much ALL color laser printers, many B+W lasers and a significant number of inkjet printers do this, in one form or another.

Best bet? Don't print out stuff you shouldn't.

Or use a dot matrix, if you can find one....

Anonymous said...

About 20 years ago at work, they ordered Canon's top of the line printer. The RCMP impounded it when it entered the country as it was so sophisticated it could print counterfeit bills. Canon altered the software to print an identifier code multiple times per sheet so that any counterfeit bills could be traced to the printer.

It's a good bet that all printers and photocopiers in offices where sensitive or secret information is accessible print micro-identifiers on every page.

Al_in_Ottawa

deadstick said...

Old news. The next frontier is people using 3D printers to infringe patents.

Tod Germanica said...

How not to leak: 1) Use your office copier. 2) Email from your office. 3) Send your info to tradecraft challanged The Intercept.

w3ski said...

Can you imagine the ridicule this poor woman had to endure with the name : "Reality Winger"? Crap! Talk about a 'handicap'. I feel so sorry for her.
w3ski

Comrade Misfit said...

I'm surprised that she hasn't killed people.