Digital Water Marks Thieves

Adam Fields cryptography23094893 at aquick.org
Thu Feb 17 07:56:46 PST 2005


On Tue, Feb 15, 2005 at 01:40:33PM -0500, R.A. Hettinga wrote:
> Until, of course, people figure out that taggants on everything do nothing
> but confuse evidence and custody, not help it.
> 
> Go ask the guys in the firearms labs about *that* one.

I like Bruce Schneier's take on this:

"The idea is for me to paint this stuff on my valuables as proof of
ownership. I think a better idea would be for me to paint it on your
valuables, and then call the police."

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2005/02/smart_water.html

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