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Re:MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally gen... by CamperBob2 on Monday August 24, 2026 @12:37PM (#49422337)
"I think it would be nice if all pens added a unique isotopic tracer signature to their ink. You could tell exactly who wrote everything."

"I think it would be nice if all typewriters had their unique fine-detail type artifacts registered with the government. You could tell exactly who authored a given document."

I think it would be nice if you took these ideas back to Stalinist Russia where they belong.

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Re:MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally gen... by account42 on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @05:49AM (#49431221)
Stalinist Russia? Stalin would be absolutely dumbfounded by the level of tracking common in the west today.
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Re:MS Paint and Photos inivisibly watermark even locally gen... by nephihaha on Tuesday August 25, 2026 @10:57AM (#49435304)
He would love the image editing though.
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