Be very careful about what you print because the paper you print it on most likely has embedded in it the serial number of the printer, the date, and the time. It's a cooperative effort between the federal government and the printer manufacturers.

Not that any of you, my faithful readers, would ever print anything you'd regret.

This does go to show you that it's a big world where you are seemingly one of billions, but technology is so pervasive that a billion here or there does not really matter.Cameras and recorders are everywhere, too. Just mind your Ps and Qs and you'll be okay.

 

Take a look at the pictures to the left. It's telling and very ingenious. Printer dots raise privacy concerns - USATODAY.com 

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