The story that every single page of the latest Harry Potter book was photographed and posted to the web is fascinating on a number of levels.
First, who the heck has the time? This book has a lot of pages. Obviously some people at Scholastic have cushy jobs.
The more compelling point is the news that the poster didn't strip out their EXIF information before posting. This means the camera's maker and serial number are there for the world to see.
As the Electronic Frontiers Foundation points out, it's not just digital cameras that live your electronic fingerprints everywhere; mobile phones, printers and web browsers do a good job as well.
While it's not impossible to be anonymous it takes a lot of work. When I read some of the things people do on the net, I'm amazed they think they have some sort of anonymity.
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