BiyteLüm<p>Your printer is snitching on you.</p><p>Most color laser printers embed tiny yellow dots—invisible to the eye—that mark the date, time, and serial number of your device.</p><p>It’s called Machine Identification Code.<br>It’s used to trace printed documents back to you.</p><p>📌 Print in B&amp;W if you can.<br>📌 Know what your hardware gives away.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Metadata" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Metadata</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PrinterDots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PrinterDots</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Surveillance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Surveillance</span></a></p>