Beware What You Print

I've been trying to avoid the news lately since it just makes me worry and depresses me. But sometimes I can't help seeing some. For example, I was surfing the web for some hot girl on girl action when I came across (as it were) this. Seems that color printers have this tiny code that they print on each page. Visible only with a blue light microscope, it tells "law-enforcement authorities" where and when the printing took place. Useful to track down counterfeiters, useful to track down anti-government types.

Lets say you belonged to the Libertarian Party (in other words not one of the two corrupt, established parties) and you printed out a bunch of leaflets attacking, lets say, The Patriot Act (a fitting example I think). Then the local Republicans see these leaflets and start to get worried. A couple calls to the RNC later and the person who printed them is getting a tax audit.

Paranoid? Maybe. But people who don't get a little paranoid now and then about big brother are giving the government a free pass. And our freedoms will start to erode away. Don't say I didn't warn you.