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Re:SynthID by merelysounds on Saturday August 30, 2025 @04:05AM (#45072837)
This might be enforced in some trivial way, e.g. by requiring AI models to answer with at least a sentence. The constraints may not be fully published and the obscurity might make it more efficient, if only temporarily.

Printer tracking dots[1] is one prior solution like this; annoying, largely unknown, workarounds exist, still - surprisingly efficient.

[1]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Printer_tracking_dots

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Re:SynthID by ChrisMarshallNY on Saturday August 30, 2025 @07:48AM (#45073841)
I think they are what busted that ironically-named young lady that leaked NSA information.
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Re:SynthID by merelysounds on Saturday August 30, 2025 @08:56AM (#45074237)
Yes, the Wikipedia article mentions that and includes links to more sources:

> Both journalists and security experts have suggested that The Intercept's handling of the leaks by whistleblower Reality Winner, which included publishing secret NSA documents unredacted and including the printer tracking dots, was used to identify Winner as the leaker, leading to her arrest in 2017 and conviction.

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