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Re:Police claims to have fingerprinted computer based on pri... by bombcar on Friday May 13, 2022 @01:37PM (#31370435)
People will try anything, and I suspect more "counterfeiting" is prevented by the EURion constellation than we'd expect.

Probably just idiots playing around with the copier rather than dedicated gangs, but if it worked they might be tempted to say "Well ..."

https://old.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/1s8rl9/i...

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Re:Police claims to have fingerprinted computer based on pri... by Ferrotin on Friday May 13, 2022 @02:32PM (#31371029)
This at least massively reduces anti-counterfeiters’ caseload.
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Re:Police claims to have fingerprinted computer based on pri... by bombcar on Friday May 13, 2022 @07:10PM (#31373496)
IIRC some of the very early dollar bill acceptors on vending machines were perfectly happy with a black and white photocopy.
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