HP Discusses Anti-Counterfeiting Measures

JohnA writes "While searching for drivers for an HP printer that was given to me, I noticed an article on the front page of hp.com that brags about how HP's R&D department was able to insert flaws into their products to 'deter' counterfeiting. I'm so glad we have HP looking out for us..."

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Machine detection through the "five dot pattern"

[blorg]

Maybe not strictly on topic, but what I found really interesting about the frequent discussions on how Photoshop et al were doing currency detection was the this post which explains how currency can be machine-detected by looking for a five dot geometrical pattern present on many countries' currency (Euro, dollar, pound, and many more.)