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		matthewtse on April 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Understanding and avoiding visually ambiguous char... I do that out of paranoia/mistrust for my wifi network, printer, printer software, etc. It's probably fine to just print it out, but for more sensitive items I definitely write it down by hand.

Piskvorrr on April 23, 2024 [–]

It's not as if the printer keeps a hidden cache of printed pages. Except maybe it does...even if the feature was created for entirely benign reasons.

ant6n on April 23, 2024 | [–]

It’s not as if photocopiers could randomly replace letters or numbers, right? …right?

Or perhaps they could: https://www.dkriesel.com/en/blog/2013/0802_xerox-workcentres...

Piskvorrr on April 23, 2024 | | [–]

That's one of the instances of "built with good intentions" I had in mind.

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