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Maybe I'm just slow tonight but I don't see the usefulness in the applications you're describing. >for politics or mass dissemination of paper based digital fi
by robotkilla 11y ago
Maybe I'm just slow tonight but I don't see the usefulness in the applications you're describing.
>for politics or mass dissemination of paper based digital files for the public to quickly consume
> Imagine, if students could start posting free textbook pdf files just by handing out a piece of paper which you could scan, or maybe with a phone one day, and instantly receive the file.
With both of those, how is this more efficient or easier to pass around than a cheap micro sd card, or just emailing a pdf?
- aw3c2 11y agoStanding outside with a stack of paper, being able to give them to passers-by, staying anonymous and free of network surveillance.
- njharman 11y agoAlways doubt your anonymity. Many color laser printers output hidden, self identifying serial codes.
- sago 11y agoI did not know this, do you have a source?
- robotkilla 11y agohttp://www.instructables.com/id/Yellow-Dots-of-Mystery-Is-Your-Printer-Spying-on-/ http://www.instructables.com/id/Yellow-Dots-of-Mystery-Is-Yo... http://www.pcworld.com/article/118664/article.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/118664/article.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_steganography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_steganography http://seeingyellow.com/ http://seeingyellow.com/
- sago 11y agoFascinating, thanks for the links!
- Shish2k 11y agoDigitally anonymous and free of network surveillance, sure. Physically anonymous and free of a cop simply walking up and arresting you, not so much...
- robotkilla 11y agoDefinitely not free of digital surveillance http://www.pcworld.com/article/118664/article.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/118664/article.html
- Asbostos 11y agoYou can't do anonymous mass dissemination with SD cards because of the cost. You can do it with CD-ROMs however. In China, people actually do this and sometimes you can find a CDROM with dissident political messages lying on the ground. It's also common to print anti-government messages on the money, which might be a great application of paperback/QR - higher density public messages via circulating currency.