January 12, 2004

Adobe admits adding code to prevent scanning of currency

This article tells that Adobe knowingly gave in to government pressure and added 3rd-party code to Photoshop CS in order to prevent people scanning currency.

JD had posted on this topic last week.

Posted by andy at January 12, 2004 03:42 PM
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Is this a feature I am paying for?

Of course, as soon as the conterfeit deterranence system is in place, users have already found a way around it ...

http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,61890,00.html?tw=wn_techhead_8

Posted by: Robert Thompson at January 15, 2004 02:27 PM

I'm not sure why this is such a big deal. Copiers and printers have had similar technology in them for years.

Posted by: aintchicken at January 23, 2004 01:29 PM
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