-Caveat Lector-
This has been true almost as long as there have been photocopiers. Each
machine has what amounts to its own "signature." Back during the Vietnam War
years, there were at least two cases where the FBI used the copier
"signature" in an attempt to trace illegally-copied materials--materials
stolen from the Federal government. The two cases I'm aware of are the
Pentagon Papers and the break-in at the FBI Field Office in Media, PA, in
1970; there must have been others. The technology then was obviously far
less sophisticated than today's, so J.J. Johnson's story doesn't surprise me
in the least. I'm a little surprised that he didn't know it's illegal to
photocopy official documents in color; current copying technology is so good
that counterfeiters have used color copiers to produce bogus currency which
is indistinguishable to the eye from the "real thing." This is why the new
$100 and $20 bills with their "counterfeit-proof" features were introduced;
the $5 and $10 denominations are in the works. As to Kris's question up
front, "Are copiers used to track us?" it's not so much a question of "are
they used?" as that they *can* be used to track us; and it always *has* been
possible to do that.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kris Millegan [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, November 22, 1999 12:27 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [CTRL] Are Copiers used to Track us?
>
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> Click Here: <A HREF="http://www.jj-johnson.com/">JJ-Johnson.com</A>
> -----
> Can this be confirmed? Is this a true statement by the kinko employee? Any
> copier techs out there?
> Om
> K
> -----
> Are Copiers used to Track us?
>
> News and Editorial By J.J. Johnson
> November 20, 1999
>
> It started off innocent enough. Due an identification problem with my
> local
> phone company, I went out to get color copies of both my driver's license
> and
> my social security card. The day was Saturday, November 20, 1999. I went
> to
> the local Kinko's Copies.
>
> It was a simple request. The supervisor took my ID and made a black and
> white
> copy, then handed to me.
>
> "Excuse me," I said. "I asked for color copies."
>
> He responded that he could not do that. "It's illegal," he replied.
>
> I asked him to explain his statement and he told me it had to do with
> people
> who might engage in counterfeiting. He was not accusing me, since it was
> obvious the photo on the Nevada driver's license matched my face. I
> offered a
> compromise.
>
> "What if you just copied them and ran a red line through them so they
> could
> not be copied again?"
> His response is what makes this story so hot...
>
> "...Sir, all these machines place invisible codes on the copies. If the
> Secret
> Service tracked this back to this store and me, I would be in big
> trouble..."
>
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