Video journalist and senior editor, former @ocregister + @marinij reporter, Oregon Duck ‘13
Apr 15, 2019 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
A thread about PRINTERS and SECRET MESSAGES. Turns out (I didn't know this until recently) the majority of color laser printers embed coded, colored dots on printed pages. I made a video about it:
Though the FBI has yet to publicly acknowledge it, many privacy experts believe this printer code was how feds tracked down NSA whistleblower Reality Winner so quickly after she leaked documents that showed definitive proof of Russian interference in the U.S. election.