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I can appreciate that this is a "Reproduced Snapshot". I don't see anywhere that clarifies what it means, but I assume that this means it's not a simple copy/pa

I can appreciate that this is a "Reproduced Snapshot". I don't see anywhere that clarifies what it means, but I assume that this means it's not a simple copy/paste of text, nor a screenshot. The reason for avoiding both of those is to avoid passing through watermarking that can reveal how the data was leaked. Text can be watermarked by including unicode characters that look identical to ASCII characters or including invisible characters like zero-width spaces. Copy-pasting text will keep those characters. Images from screenshots can be watermarked by having subtly differently colored pixels, subtle differences in text spacing, etc.

InternalRun 5y ago
I believe you’re right especially since they’ve blown a source before by posting a original copy of leaked documents https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/13/business/media/the-intercept-source-reality-winner.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/13/business/media/the-interc...
lights0123 5y ago
One example from a few years ago: Genius.com was accusing Google of taking lyrics data from their site and displaying them on search results. They changed some apostrophes into the similar-but-different ’ U+2019 RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK in a specific pattern. https://www.pcmag.com/news/genius-we-caught-google-red-handed-stealing-lyrics-data https://www.pcmag.com/news/genius-we-caught-google-red-hande...