Many of the Pokemon playtest cards were likely printed in 2024

Re:Many of the Pokemon playtest cards were likely printed in... by taurknaut on Friday January 31, 2025 @05:28AM (#42886388)

I just don't think that serial killers are enough of a problem to mess with printing. Surely there are more effective ways to deter people from this sort of behavior.

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Re:Many of the Pokemon playtest cards were likely printed in... by 4gotunameagain on Friday January 31, 2025 @05:50AM (#42886498)

I see where you coming from, but similarly I just don't think that a couple of microscopic yellow dots on my prints that carry the date and serial number are not a problem. It's not like I intend to forge anything.

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Re:Many of the Pokemon playtest cards were likely printed in... by glenstein on Friday January 31, 2025 @06:15AM (#42886633)

The essay "I've got nothing to hide and other misunderstandings of privacy" is about this idea. The short version is that it's not just about your innocence, but about how your data can be leveraged against you.

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Re:Many of the Pokemon playtest cards were likely printed in... by 4gotunameagain on Friday January 31, 2025 @06:23AM (#42886663)

I am a proponent of privacy. I do not feel my privacy threatened by the date and serial number on my inkjet prints.

It is not an all or nothing.

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Re:Many of the Pokemon playtest cards were likely printed in... by glenstein on Friday January 31, 2025 @07:28AM (#42886986)

Right, it feels like such things as being personally identified and tied to documents could never, when gestated by bureaucratic processes of third parties, possibly involve harm. And it's this kind of casual attitude of indifference which is exactly the mindset that the essay is intended to speak to.

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