Commentary: The microdot tracking thing is well-known in computer circles, if you were not aware of it before today. It's not secret. 1/4
It's literally physical metadata. Which, like all documents with metadata, is hazardous to share raw with a motivated opposing party. 2/4
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But just disclosing to the government that there was a physical artifact, reduced search scope to just a few people. Everything's logged 3/4
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There is lots of great commentary by actual NatSec people on this incident. Just wanted to assuage any panic microdots are newfangled. 4/4
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EFF even published a video on how microdots work in Oct 2008. It's *old news* and well known.
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*blows dust off shelf* Here it is, from the archive. Seth Schoen &
@mala,@eff classic hits:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izMGMsIZK4U … - 1 more reply
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When investigating the 1971 FBI breakin they seized photocopier drums to try to identify the machine usedhttp://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5025217 …
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