Camera Phones Read Hidden Messages in Print

pikine writes "As reported by BBC News, Fujitsu has developed a technology that encodes 12-bytes of information in a printed picture by skewing yellow hue, which is difficult to discern by human eye but fairly easy for camera phones to decode using software written in Java." The first target uses are promotional contests and competitions, not entirely unlike those game pieces that need to be viewed through a colored filter.

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truthiness

[President_Camacho]

not entirely unlike those game pieces that need to be viewed through a colored filter

I believe these days, the correct term is African-American filter.

Re:truthiness

[Anonymous Coward]

not entirely unlike those game pieces that need to be viewed through a colored filter

I believe these days, the correct term is African-American filter.

Cut the politically correct bullshit. It's nigga filter.

Filter stole my bike!

Secret message

[StikyPad]

I've already found the hidden message. Actually, once I learned of the technique, I was surprised at just how many of these hidden messages exist.

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