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Re: At the height of the Cold War, Xerox was one of America's top spies.
wow, good ole spies became copier tech or copier techs became spies, either way you slice it, it's a good read.
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At the height of the Cold War, Xerox was one of America's top spies.
At the height of the Cold War, Xerox ( XRX ) was one of America's top spies. The company, which was once synonymous with the cutting edge of technology, produced the first copy machines. They were so complex and difficult to...
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Is this how the NSA 'leaker' was tracked down so quickly? Series of nearly-invisible yellow dots on the leaked document revealed exactly when and where it was printed
A series of 'tracking dots' that were inadvertently published by The Intercept on leaked documents could have led to the arrest of an NSA contractor. Reality Leigh Winner, 25, a Georgia security contractor with top secret clearance, was arrested and charged with leaking documents on Monday as NBC linked her to pages published by The Intercept . Now, blog Errata Security has revealed how a series of nearly-invisible yellow dots that appeared at the top of the leaked pages would have allowed...
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Re: Is this how the NSA 'leaker' was tracked down so quickly? Series of nearly-invisible yellow dots on the leaked document revealed exactly when and where it was printed
The anti-counterfeiting used by at least 1 major copier vendor uses a series of yellow dots on every full color output page. These dots can be decoded by the manufacturer to reveal the serial number. You can see the dots under a magnifying loupe. Most people are unaware of this.