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The reporting on this everywhere besides tech sites has completely left this part out. Its not common knowledge to a lot of people.
by Larrikin 9y ago
The reporting on this everywhere besides tech sites has completely left this part out. Its not common knowledge to a lot of people.
- pilsetnieks 9y agoDo you mean tracking dots in general? They've been mentioned in mainstream media, it's just that nobody cares. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/technology/personaltech/24askk-001.html http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/24/technology/personaltech/24... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/18/AR2005101801663.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10...
- pessimizer 9y agoThat they were in two articles 10 years ago is not evidence either that it's common knowledge or that no one cares. They have their own wikipedia article.
- dom0 9y agoMICs are usually mentioned in the same sentence that also explains why you can't print nor scan money. The big Wikipedias have long articles on it with many sample images: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Identification_Code https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_Identification_Code https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_steganography https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_steganography
- tropo 9y agoor a Florida birth certificate (WTF?) If you need to fax one, you'll need to find a really old fax machine without color printer or scanner capability.