This. Just, this.

[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.

[scurra@mastodon.social]

@midgephoto @cstross
Yes, I realise that's the actual request I should be making. I just couldn't resist the slightly facetious one instead.

[khzimmer2@literatur.social]

@wildrose @cstross

I can't stop laughing!

You made this up, didn't you? :))

[wildrose@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@khzimmer2 @cstross

I wish I did.
https://xkcd.com/327/

[khzimmer2@literatur.social]

@wildrose @cstross

THX for the link!

[annasaultron@nerdculture.de]

@khzimmer2 @wildrose @cstross

I heard of an attempt to fail the system, that backfired brutally, as the Person changed their plate to a set of Zeros in hope the data couldn't be assigned to the sum of Zero, but what the person didn't knew was that all not applicable data would be relocated to the sum of Zero giving that person all not correctly processed tickets...

[noctisequi@mastodonapp.uk]

@cstross

LOL!

[wall_e@ioc.exchange]

@cstross or just one that links to a website saying:

Don't film me asshole.
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[microfractal@mathstodon.xyz]

@cstross

[tirrimas@beige.party]

@agathos

... The ICQ flower?!

[agathos@mastodon.babb.no]

@tirrimas yes it is the icq flower in my profile pic, if that is what you are asking?

[tirrimas@beige.party]

@agathos I still remember my number. Best messaging app

[agathos@mastodon.babb.no]

@tirrimas yes, i remember it as good, and that is why I choose it as my pic. I had my friends on there and I met some cool people at an icq meetup thing back in the day. I lied to my parents about going because they thought the internet was a scary place.

But then I saw that icq closed down last year, and I read up about it and it was not a wholesome community the last years. Unfortunately it got bought up and used by not so nice people. Oh well. It was good back in the day!