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While I am not implying these were used as such, another purpose these complicated sequences can hold is as a code trap for clone detection. Code Traps: https
by molticrystal 7y ago
While I am not implying these were used as such, another purpose these complicated sequences can hold is as a code trap for clone detection.
Code Traps:
https://arcadeblogger.com/2019/06/29/atari-centipedes-hidden-code-trap/ https://arcadeblogger.com/2019/06/29/atari-centipedes-hidden...
And the discussion here a month ago about code traps: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20312256 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20312256
Along similar lines in both the digital and non-digital world people would include false landmarks and roads on maps to detect copying, since while facts are not protected, fake places are https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_street https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trap_street
- martin_a 7y agoSlightly related: The "stone louse" is a trap like this, too: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_louse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_louse
- eitland 7y agoOh, that was actually funny IMO :-)
- air7 7y agoDictionaries make up words for this reason... https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2005-09-21-0509200275-story,amp.html https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-...
- noman-land 7y agoNon-amp link: https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2005-09-21-0509200275-story.html https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2005-09-21-050920...
- tedivm 7y agoWhen I was at Malwarebytes we would seed our engine with "malware" that was just programs we created on an airgapped machine so we could see when other companies were just blatantly copying us. We actually discovered that one Chinese company was- https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/29681-iobit-steals-malwarebytes-intellectual-property/ https://forums.malwarebytes.com/topic/29681-iobit-steals-mal...