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Xiaomi Camera censoring German postal voting documents

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Re: Xiaomi Camera censoring German postal voting documents

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Post by perihelions »

Is there perhaps an invisible anti-counterfeiting constellation [0] on the ballot? Have digital cameras started enforcing that type of optical DRM?

It's true the envelope's closed, but part of the ballot paper is visible through the transparent window.

Should the poster be worried about their smartphone reporting them to law enforcement?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURion_constellation

Re: Xiaomi Camera censoring German postal voting documents

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Post by randomhodler84 »

perihelions wrote: post #3

Is there perhaps an invisible anti-counterfeiting constellation [0] on the ballot? Have digital cameras started enforcing that type of optical DRM? It's true the envelope's closed, but part of the ballot paper is visible through the transparent window. Should the poster be worried about their smartphone reporting them to law enforcement? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURion_constellation

Now that Apple has changed the rules, everyone should be under their impression that their phone is a cop and will snitch them out to the re-education board for punishment. This is reality.

Re: Xiaomi Camera censoring German postal voting documents

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Post by [deleted] »

perihelions wrote: post #3

Is there perhaps an invisible anti-counterfeiting constellation [0] on the ballot? Have digital cameras started enforcing that type of optical DRM? It's true the envelope's closed, but part of the ballot paper is visible through the transparent window. Should the poster be worried about their smartphone reporting them to law enforcement? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURion_constellation

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Re: Xiaomi Camera censoring German postal voting documents

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Post by myself248 »

perihelions wrote: post #3

Is there perhaps an invisible anti-counterfeiting constellation [0] on the ballot? Have digital cameras started enforcing that type of optical DRM? It's true the envelope's closed, but part of the ballot paper is visible through the transparent window. Should the poster be worried about their smartphone reporting them to law enforcement? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURion_constellation

Looking at OP's photos, I can't discern any such markings.

Re: Xiaomi Camera censoring German postal voting documents

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Post by captainmuon »

perihelions wrote: post #3

Is there perhaps an invisible anti-counterfeiting constellation [0] on the ballot? Have digital cameras started enforcing that type of optical DRM? It's true the envelope's closed, but part of the ballot paper is visible through the transparent window. Should the poster be worried about their smartphone reporting them to law enforcement? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURion_constellation

Oh god, I am waiting for law enforcement to print this on their uniforms so they can't be photographed.

Re: Xiaomi Camera censoring German postal voting documents

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Post by q-rews »

bellyfullofbac wrote: post #4

The title assumes, with "censoring". A more appropriate title would be "Strange quirk when photographing German postal voting documents with the Xiaomi Camera". But what a quirk, a real life object causing issues in software.

This is not a quirk. It may be targeting the wrong document, but it’s a feature. Somebody spent time on making this behavior happen.

Re: Xiaomi Camera censoring German postal voting documents

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Post by perihelions »

captainmuon wrote: post #8
perihelions wrote: post #3

Is there perhaps an invisible anti-counterfeiting constellation [0] on the ballot? Have digital cameras started enforcing that type of optical DRM? It's true the envelope's closed, but part of the ballot paper is visible through the transparent window. Should the poster be worried about their smartphone reporting them to law enforcement? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EURion_constellation

Oh god, I am waiting for law enforcement to print this on their uniforms so they can't be photographed.

Richard Stallman coined the term "treacherous computing" to describe things like this. Pity it hasn't caught on -- I think it should!

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/can-you-trust.en.html [2002]

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