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Yes, you're right. I'm admittedly not at all an expert on this type of thing, but surely some randomised testing, starting from a real banknote and making small
by toothbrush 12y ago
Yes, you're right. I'm admittedly not at all an expert on this type of thing, but surely some randomised testing, starting from a real banknote and making small mutations, would be doable.
- 13 12y agoOh sure, you could make a quick imagemagick script to make random variations and get a pass/fail with AppleScript, or even do some exploring with a debugger while opening one. Main barrier is motivation, I have no desire to counterfeit money (and who would use PhotoShop for that anyway), so I decided to let that rest.
- toothbrush 12y agoIt wouldn't be about counterfeiting, but about learning more about the detection algo :)
- 13 12y agoI'm mostly concerned about experimenting straying into "reverse engineering".
- JonnieCache 12y agoIndeed, the FBI are known to lack a sense of humor when it comes to funny money.
- mml 12y agoThe secret service, even less so.
- pakled_engineer 12y agoJust make sure you counterfeit so many bills they offer you a tiny punishment in exchange for helping them track them down http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2624697/Master-counterfeiter-printed-250million-fake-bills-walks-jail-just-month-half.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2624697/Master-count...