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Ever wonder why printer companies want you to register your new $79 printer as though it were a handgun? In the United States, the federal government evidently considers your right to print and share documents a threat. Did they not 'get' the whole Guttenberg thing?

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has revealed what many have long suspected -- that the US Secret Service has struck a deal with the major printer manufacturers to add unique and hidden markers to printed documents showing where, when, and by whom they were printed. If you aren't familiar with the EFF, now would be a good time to get acquainted. Do blogs also burn at Fahrenheit 451?

This matters. If this doesn't piss you off, you deserve it.

EFF Reveals Codes in Xerox Printers

Secret Code in Color Printers

Electronic Frontier Foundation