This. Just, this.

[wildrose@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@cstross Reminds me of a time someone put sql injection text next to their license plate of their car to delete the entire stop light database, and it worked.

[zakalwe@plasmatrap.com]

@cstross@wandering.shop Now I'm envisioning a large-scale cyberattack that uses a malicious QR code to distribute SCORPION STARE firmware.

[darthastrius@mastodon.social]

*accidentally takes a selfie*

[smuggler9000@mastodon.social]

@cstross forbidden ctf challenge

[wildrose@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@FrozenPeach @cstross

Oh wow I misremembered this story. I guess it was just a meme and no one actually knows if this works.

https://hackaday.com/2014/04/04/sql-injection-fools-speed-traps-and-clears-your-record/

[adamacote@mastodon.social]

@cstross
Good idea …🧐🧐🧐

[bmartin427@techhub.social]

@cstross

[klimperei@mastodon.social]

@cstross want it too

[sleepybisexual@mk.absturztau.be]

@cstross@wandering.shop this. but I also want laser pointers going around me

[sir_toootenstein@det.social]

@missbullitt @cstross yeah...

[aspragg@ohai.social]

@chikl @cstross Oh, cool. I’d seen the CV Dazzle project before, already linked in the thread, but wasn’t aware they’d done a bunch more work in the area.

…but also, they’re on mastodon. Maybe they’ll appreciate being looped into the thread? @adam_harvey

[saitenschuft@mastodon.social]

@cstross

[nblr@chaos.social]

@farbenstau @mbirth @cstross Different pattern as in… the same dots but bot matching the relative locations of the constellation or guilloche style patterns that are typically also present on bank notes?

[farbenstau@infosec.exchange]

@nblr @mbirth @cstross Huh. I posted an answer to that, first it showed up thrice, then upon deleting the newest one, all three copies disappeared.
Let's try this again.
Scanners/photocopiers trigger on histogram values, even with all EURions edited out. So the next step would be a shirt with a color pattern that recreates the histogram value of actual currency, maybe with one or more EURions sprinkled across it for good measure.

[scurra@mastodon.social]

@midgephoto @cstross I'm in the UK; in central London mostly. And the page has been triggered a couple of times (not just by bots) which amused me.

[hungryjoe@functional.cafe]

@ireneista @cstross I cross-stitched one last year:
https://functional.cafe/@hungryjoe/113663950530589251

[nticompass@bitbang.social]

@cstross And this is why I use a separate QR scanner app that shows me what it scanned before opening it.

[Gæst]

@cstross they'd have to click the link for the qr code

[slowtiger@berlin.social]

@Scurra @cstross You should include a Paypal button.

[midgephoto@photog.social]

@Scurra@mastodon.social @cstross

I wonder if you might find it as effective to ask people not to disseminate or publish pictures in which you are identifiable?

Certainly the demand for a fee doesn't have a legal base.

I photograph races and so on, and there are occasional people who have good reason, court orders etc, to not have their image published, so their numbers are marked and if we catch them in an image we intercept it. More effort is applied due to the good reason and request.