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EU wants anti-forgery software in scanners and printers
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John Stone wrote: http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=dontbothertrying1093872434&area=n ews It's a summary of a report from The Observer at http://observer.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,1232480,00.html: Computer and software manufacturers are to be forced to introduce new security measures to make it impossible for their products to be used to copy banknotes. The move, to be drafted into European Union legislation by the year end, follows a surge in counterfeit currency produced using laser printers, home scanners and graphics software. Imaging software and printers have become so powerful and affordable that production of fake banknotes has become a booming cottage industry. ... Although the Bank of England refuses to issue figures for the number of counterfeit notes in circulation and insists they represent a negligible fraction of notes issued, it also admits fakes are on the increase. ... The software relies on features built into leading currencies. Latest banknotes contain a pattern of five tiny circles. On the £20 note, they're disguised as a musical notation, on the euro they appear in a constellation of stars; on the new $20 note, the pattern is hidden in the zeros of a background pattern. Imaging software or devices detect the pattern and refuse to deal with the image. Huh! I didn't know that there was an international "standard". Researchers at Hewlett Packard are to introduce technology that would allow printers to detect colours similar to those used in currency. The printer will automatically alter the colour so that the difference between the final product and a genuine banknote will be easily detectable by the naked eye. -- Tim McDaniel; Reply-To: |
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"Michael E. Marotta" wrote in message om... (John Stone) wrote http://www.out-law.com/php/page.phpp...34&area=ne ws "The European Union is drafting proposals to force manufacturers to include anti-forgery software in products such as scanners and printers, according to The Observer newspaper. The legislation would seek to tackle the growth in counterfeit currency." This already is in place in America. When you copy a federal reserve note on a machine made after some arbitrary recent date, the machine stores a timestamp. If they trace the phony money back to the machine, the machine will talk. Michael ANA R-162953 "I never meant to scan it! I swear to God - he made do it. I thought he bought me just to scan holday snaps! Honest, your honour, he threatened to pull my plug if I didn't copy that note..." |
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I didn't have time to read the article but just thought I would add that the
latest version of Photoshop (Photoshop CS) has anti-counterfeit measures built into it. Mame "John Stone" wrote in message om... http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?...93872434&area= news |
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