Didn't they just convert their German factories to build Israeli missiles?

Is Audi planing to use American concentration camp labor like the ones they used in Germany during WWII?

No it’s not. You have overestimated the value of your wi-fi radio to Google by far. The value of tracking what, a dozen or so opt-out SSIDs per country or so is far more negligable than whatever penalty they would pay. Your SSID squawks aren’t worth that much.

oh. oh. you know my brain changed it to url as I assumed it was something to append to have your map not show it.

The SSID harvesting is not for you. It’s for all of Google and Apple’s users who travel within range of your wi-fi radios. If you are squaking an SSID without opt-out flags, you’re helping Google and Apple regardless of whatever else you do.

It's cheaper for Google to pay a fine for breaking the law than it is for them to follow it

google and apple maps.

Not to use what? Wi-fi? Of course, if you have no need for an access point, not having one is the best case.

seems easier to not use them

Legally binding lol

There is nothing legal and they don't give a fuck.

Did you follow the link? It’s Google’s own policy.

I’m not seeing a good case here for not putting Google in a position of violating their own legally binding terms.

I'm sure Google will respect that insignificant detail. It reminds me of the h4x0r forums in the late 90s where people were appending their post with "I forbid you to read my messages if you're working for the FBI."

Or like Claude who promises not to use your source code to train their AI.

indeed that’s what I do. Lurch does not (b/c they are “so 90s”).

black and white only printers.

It’s a criminal offense to posses equipment that can counterfeit banknotes.

I’ll have a look at that directive¹ when I get a chance but I have to wonder if it’s then illegal to write your own FOSS f/w for a printer which has no proactive measures -- which you would need to do in order to escape the tyranny of manufacturer ink shenanigans and anti-features.

The quality of most consumer printers is insufficient for counterfiets to begin with, but most certainly they aren’t going to handle the holograms.

¹ strange that it would be a directive considering the EU has exclusive competency over the euro.
(update)

Unless you are doing scientific analysis, it’s hard to find much less measure. You know it’s there, print a ‘blank’ page take a picture and upload an image of the dots.

The dots show up easily under a blacklight or blue LED. Which means if you are creating artwork for a blacklit party venue, the noise ruins the artwork.

Update

I had a look at EU Directive 2014/62. This seems to be the relavent bit:

Article 3 - Offences

1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the following conduct is punishable as a criminal offence, when committed intentionally:
   (a) any fraudulent making or altering of currency, whatever means are employed;
   (b) the fraudulent uttering of counterfeit currency;
   (c) the import, export, transport, receiving or obtaining of counterfeit currency with a view to uttering the same and with knowledge that it is counterfeit;
   (d) the fraudulent making, receiving, obtaining or possession of
   (i) instruments, articles, computer programs and data, and any other means peculiarly adapted for the counterfeiting or altering of currency; or
   (ii) security features, such as holograms, watermarks or other components of currency which serve to protect against counterfeiting.

I do not interpret anything there as requiring printer makers to pro-actively produce tracker dots.

Note the law thread is here.

These statements are contradictory. I have heard of the limitation of printers deliberately refusing to reproduce colors that exactly match that of currency. Is that a hoax? If not, then there is no need for stego.

Over different years there were different methods implemented to stop counter-fitting. The color shifting is one of the methods I heard of.

it's been decades since I was doing research on printing. The features can all be disabled, but you have to get a bunch of government approval and sign a whole lot of documents to get permission to shut it off. Even then I had to have the manufacturer do it.

I just did a quick google to see what was modern

I looks like the program is voluntary and under the direction of the Central Bank Counterfeit Deterrence Group. Disabling the countermeasures fall under laws about possessing equipment that can be used for counterfeiting EU 2014/62. It's a criminal offense to posses equipment that can counterfeit banknotes.

My program advisor handled the government part of the paperwork.

It does, obviously. You have unintended noise in the printout.

Unless you are doing scientific analysis, it's hard to find much less measure. You know it's there, print a 'blank' page take a picture and upload an image of the dots.

I’m not providing a source - this was all well-known by the mid-90’s,

The citation needed is not for what you’ve said here, but for the claim that ALL printers do it without exceptions, despite lack of regulations requiring them to do so.

some of us were there and experimented to try to get around it.

Did you witness any Oki printers using stego? Note Oki printers are no longer on the US market, but when they were I regarded them as the most ethical of all options. To date I’ve seen no one catch Oki doing stego.

Right?

I don't take my iPad or phone into the shop. Harder to work with, expensive and easy to break.

Works better to print out a diagram (maybe even expanded to multiple pages) and tack it up in the wall.

I recently had to mail a certified doc to an organization that simply can't afford to migrate to digital - they only need these kinds of docs a few times a year.

Are you going to pay to develop the systems for them, and perform all the testing, training, and manage the backup for them?

Right. You don't know what you're talking about.

It's both, since the 90's. I worked in a print shop, the commercial copiers of the time (which are the same tech as printers) would copy a bill, but the colors would never be right, though photos were flawless.

I'm not providing a source - this was all well-known by the mid-90's, some of us were there and experimented to try to get around it.

The steg is for traceability, not to prevent duplication of currency. It's so you can show that a particular doc came from a specific printer. This has uses far beyond currency.

Not that I like it, it's just not news.

And this was well known in the mid-90's, I guess OP just found out.

I bought one recently because I was tired of paying staples for occasional printouts. There are still reasons to have them.

Certain legal documents still require a "wet" signature and dont accept digital versions. Need to print, sign, mail. Pain in the ass, not my preference.

Some school work the kiddos need to do is much easier when printed out.

Some things like lists and schedules are handy to have printed and hung up.

I have had reason to print flyers in the past for neighborhood events. Expensive enough I should have bought a printer then.

Theres a few other minor reasons. I dont use it much but when I need it and didnt have it that was definitely annoying.

Most modern printers won't let you print or copy money.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURion_constellation

Fun things you learn working in a print shop.

Every manufactured color imaging device does this.

Citation needed. (edit: I’ve only seen hand-waving speculation that “they all do it”. Oki and Samsung printers have not been caught AFAIK, so I would like to see something concrete on those)

Printers got good enough a long time ago that you could make realistic money from them.

Try printing a note euro . It either won’t or it will mess it up.

These statements are contradictory. I have heard of the limitation of printers deliberately refusing to reproduce colors that exactly match that of currency. Is that a hoax? If not, then there is no need for stego.

I would love to have a printer that can create holograms.

It doesn’t affect print quality.

It does, obviously. You have unintended noise in the printout.

Every manufactured color imaging device does this. It’s supported world wide as an anti currency counterfeiting effort.

Printers got good enough a long time ago that you could make realistic money from them. Modem printers also use programs to determine if currency is being printed and either not print or print it wrong.

Try printing a note euro . It either won’t or it will mess it up.

It doesn’t affect print quality.