Just read on Times online how Canon engineers, joining the hunt for the culprit in the leaked Harry Potter SCANDAL, are showing off their information tracing skills. Using the metadata from the illegally taken photographs of the newest wizard novel - apparently available at the Pirate Bay - they are hopeful that they can track the owner of the camera and, by inference, the thief.

Interestingly, they are relying on the owner either having registered the camera, or having had it serviced.  They are apparently the only ways that the serial number - revealed through the photo metadata - is matched to an individual.  So, privacy fundamentalists - don't register or fix your cameras!

If you print it or photocopy the book illegally, you're not off the hook - there might be similar tactics available.

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