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FalsiScan: Make it look like a PDF has been hand signed and scanned

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Re: FalsiScan: Make it look like a PDF has been hand signed and scanned

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Post by ca7 »

mrb wrote: post #184

I have a shell script based on ImageMagick that gives a PDF a "scanner" look. I typically open the PDF in Master PDF Editor to insert an image of my signature, then pass it through my script. When I do need it, it's rare, but it becomes a real life saver. It has avoided me the need to print and scan 100+ pages for a mortgage company, some stock brokers and banks. Key points of the script: "+noise Random -fill white -…

Thanks for this!

"-flatten" results in all PDF pages being rendered into a 1 page PDF output. If "-flatten" is removed, I get a multi-page PDF output as expected. Thoughts?

EDIT: "-flatten" does what it is supposed to. Delete if operating on multipage PDF.

Re: FalsiScan: Make it look like a PDF has been hand signed and scanned

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Post by Jolter »

kube-system wrote: post #229
3825 wrote: post #225

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> it doesn't take a genius to figure out a way to get mail from a mailbox you don't own iirc stealing other people’s mail by tampering with a mailbox is a ~~felony~~ federal crime. If they threw out the mail and you went through their trash it might be different. I anal though.

You can also rent mailboxes, or use a friends. Neither of those are crimes.

And do you suppose nobody keeps track of who is renting that PO Box?

Re: FalsiScan: Make it look like a PDF has been hand signed and scanned

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Post by scarby2 »

lemax wrote: post #240
radicaldreamer wrote: post #138

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It's also designed to make sure that poorer people who don't have stable, permanent housing have a tough time

I wouldn't say it's intentionally designed to do this, but that it's a consequence. There's no good reason anyone would intentionally want to keep the poor poor, it's just bad design.

> There's no good reason anyone would intentionally want to keep the poor poor, it's just bad design.

We need people to feel pressured into doing shitty jobs, if the poor get less poor maybe they won't flip burgers for minimum wage.

Re: FalsiScan: Make it look like a PDF has been hand signed and scanned

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Post by ewuhic »

Does anyone know of a good PDF-editor (with ability to alter OCR'd text) for Linux? Editing pdfs (I know, I know, pdfs are not meant to be edited) on Linux is huge PITA, and LibreOffice Draw/Write do not cut it for me, so I have to resort to Adobe Acrobat from dualbooted Windows.

Re: FalsiScan: Make it look like a PDF has been hand signed and scanned

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Post by Griffinsauce »

lemax wrote: post #240
radicaldreamer wrote: post #138

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's also designed to make sure that poorer people who don't have stable, permanent housing have a tough time

I wouldn't say it's intentionally designed to do this, but that it's a consequence. There's no good reason anyone would intentionally want to keep the poor poor, it's just bad design.

Some people do not believe in "rising tides", if you believe it's a zero-sum game you will want to keep people poor to keep yourself wealthy.

Re: FalsiScan: Make it look like a PDF has been hand signed and scanned

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Post by danhorner »

scarby2 wrote: post #243
lemax wrote: post #240

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wouldn't say it's intentionally designed to do this, but that it's a consequence. There's no good reason anyone would intentionally want to keep the poor poor, it's just bad design.

> There's no good reason anyone would intentionally want to keep the poor poor, it's just bad design. We need people to feel pressured into doing shitty jobs, if the poor get less poor maybe they won't flip burgers for minimum wage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanlon's_razor

Re: FalsiScan: Make it look like a PDF has been hand signed and scanned

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Post by solveit »

scarby2 wrote: post #243
lemax wrote: post #240

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I wouldn't say it's intentionally designed to do this, but that it's a consequence. There's no good reason anyone would intentionally want to keep the poor poor, it's just bad design.

> There's no good reason anyone would intentionally want to keep the poor poor, it's just bad design. We need people to feel pressured into doing shitty jobs, if the poor get less poor maybe they won't flip burgers for minimum wage.

Who is "We" and how do they coordinate this? Poverty traps are emergent phenomena, not a conspiracy (Usually. Occasionally governments intentionally wage "war" on a group of people, but this is not the typical case.).

Re: FalsiScan: Make it look like a PDF has been hand signed and scanned

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Post by ipaddr »

Shared404 wrote: post #128
mdavis6890 wrote: post #120

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In many places your driver license is used as authoritative identification for many other things, and the assumption is that those things require this additional verification. I don't know, but I think registering to vote might be one of these things in some places (it's been a while since I registered).

Side note: Why don't we have national ID in the US? I know many people don't want us to risk becoming a "show your papers" country, but A) We already kinda are (ever been pulled over?), and B) It just makes more sense to have something like ID be centralized, preferably with a much better model then SSN's.

But SSN numbers already exist

Re: FalsiScan: Make it look like a PDF has been hand signed and scanned

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Post by sneak »

kube-system wrote: post #135
devwastaken wrote: post #124

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Yes, they also do this for ID's, and for voter ID's. It's specifically created to prevent people whom don't have only 1 permanent address,with paper billing, being able to live their daily lives. I had to go to a local county courthouse 4 times to get a "realid" and to renew a driver's license. I had to call all sorts of people to get printed statements sent to me. It's incredibly ridiculous, I would call it complete…

The point is to authenticate residency, and while it’s not a great system, there also isn’t any better alternatives.

That's false. Many other countries have implemented simpler, more accurate, and less discriminatory systems.
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