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by otoburb 9y ago
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- akira2501 9y agoWhich is sourced from a New York Times _opinion_ piece without any documentation or second sourcing to back it up. I'm comfortable putting this in the "dubious" and/or "overblown anecdote" bin unless evidence shows otherwise.
- el_benhameen 9y agoI was curious and found this article (https://www.fastcompany.com/40510238/in-xinjiang-china-some-knives-branded-with-owners-qr-codes https://www.fastcompany.com/40510238/in-xinjiang-china-some-...) which references this series of tweets (https://twitter.com/joshchin/status/943159015994880000/photo/1 https://twitter.com/joshchin/status/943159015994880000/photo...).
- mysterypie 9y agoThank you for finding that! Why didn't Engadget or the New York Times put that photo into the article? Engraving kitchen knives with your ID number sounded like hyperbole. Nothing proves it like a photo or video. Same with articles on security or privacy compromises -- you need an actual exploit before (most) people take it seriously. Direct link to the photo: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DRbGEKdVAAAtVis?format=jpg https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DRbGEKdVAAAtVis?format=jpg
- clouddrover 9y agoAn article on the order that kitchen knives must be engraved with IDs with pictures of the order and the QR codes: https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/10/xinjiang-household-knives-must-ided/ https://chinadigitaltimes.net/2017/10/xinjiang-household-kni...
- egd 9y agoTypically pieces written directly by experts - instead of by journalists interviewing experts - are placed in the opinion section. The author of that piece is a historian from Georgetown who wrote a book about the region.