Ah, so that's what you meant. I'm sorry for the misinterpretation then. I didn't know that Dax had said that, but you're right. If we're able to be identified by those letters and numbers, the workers and retrieval units can probably be identified as well.

Going by that and other things we both know, it's possible that the drones who aren't fully conscious like you or I could become so, since they have a sentience that can be identified here.