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[–] [email protected] 30 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Wow, I had no idea. I thought the joke was needing full ink in an unrelated color. I didn’t know about tracking. I’m sadly unsurprised.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

It's for the purpose of serialization for counterfeit purposes. Also, high end copiers have a device installed called the BDU (Bill Detection Unit) that all scans pass through before being post processed. If the BDU detects a bill being scanned it can error and shut down the whole device until the manufacturer can send someone out to fix it. I used to be one of those people resetting BDUs at schools where a teacher thought it was a good idea to copy images of money for teaching students.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That, and tracking down anyone else the government doesn't like, apparently.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Or their corporate masters! Its not always just the government, you paranoid conspiracy nut! Take your meticulously cited sources and century of baroque acid fueled clandestine horror and go home!