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Re:Tracking leaks on NDA beta Xbox 360s by embedding serial ... by kweks on Monday December 10, 2018 @12:43PM (#18649638)
Zebra skins are also used on prototype cars / unreleased cars - not for traceability, but to obscure their form - very similar to the technique used in WW2 battleships.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dazzle_camouflage https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn%3AANd9GcTv1x...

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Re:Tracking leaks on NDA beta Xbox 360s by embedding serial ... by robin_reala on Monday December 10, 2018 @01:43PM (#18650146)
Dazzle camo was more of a WW1 thing.
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Re:Tracking leaks on NDA beta Xbox 360s by embedding serial ... by kweks on Monday December 10, 2018 @04:28PM (#18651301)
Thanks for the clarification. I noticed that the Swedish navy still seems to use it ?

https://www-thelocal-se.cdn.ampproject.org/ii/w1000/s/www.th...

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Re:Tracking leaks on NDA beta Xbox 360s by embedding serial ... by ranger207 on Monday December 10, 2018 @05:57PM (#18651867)
That's splinter camo. Camouflage is used in general to disrupt outlines, but dazzle camouflage specifically used black and white to accomplish that goal.

http://camopedia.org/index.php?title=Splinter

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