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At first I thought this was a joke poking fun a cryptobros, but looking further it appears to be serious. I think these guys really do believe this piece of je

• TheOtherHobbes 5y ago
  More likely these guys believe this jewellery is going to solve their financial problems. Given the scratch-ability, the suggestion that these things are practical for robust archiving is laughable. But if they're handled carefully I can imagine them being useful for smuggling data across borders by hand or by mail. Which makes them potentially useful for money laundering, one time pads, and such - at least until customs services catch on to what they are. There are better and less showy ways to do all of the above, but presumably you can print a cover photo or message with some embedded steganography, and the data content won't be visible to casual inspection - an application of sorts, I guess.