It was requested by the secret service as a countermeasure for counterfitting. More frequently it's been used to "catch other criminals", at least that's what they say.

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

More frequently it's been used to "catch other criminals"

Germans are used to this already. It's called "Salamitaktik" (pushed piece a piece).

[–] Quexotic@infosec.pub 3 points 8 months ago

I see. Sort of like what the Republicans/fascists are doing with, well, everything.

[–] teamevil@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

It helps catch morons copying classified materials.