IBM Seeks Patent On Digital Witch Hunts 136
theodp writes "Should Mark Zuckerberg want to identify a snitching Facebook employee, Elon Musk wish to set a trap for loose-lipped Tesla employees, or Steve Jobs want to 'play Asteroid,' they'll be happy to know that a new IBM 'invention' makes it easier than ever to be paranoid. In a newly-disclosed patent application for Embedding a Unique Serial Number into the Content of an Email for Tracking Information Dispersion (phew!), Big Blue describes how it's automated the creation of Canary Traps with patent-pending software that makes ever-so-slight changes to e-mail wording to allow you to spy on the unsuspecting recipients of your e-mail."
That's a neat trick! (Score:5, Funny)
I'm pretty sure witches are analog.
Their Hovercraft is full of Crap (Score:3, Funny)
This won't go anywhere.
Or if they do and try to implement this in their system, it will last until the first email is translated into a language OTHER than US English.
"Over the last 20 years, we have remained dedicated to a single mission..."
"Over the last 20 years, we have remained confined to a single mental institution..."
"Over the last 20 years, we have remained obligated to one church..."
"Over the last 20 years, we have remained engaged in espionage..."
Re:That's a neat trick! (Score:2, Funny)
Everyone knows witches are made of wood.
"What also floats in water?" "Bread!" "Apples!" "Very small rocks!" "Cider!" "Great gravy!" "Cherries!" "Mud!" "Churches...churches!" "Lead...lead!"
Condom? (Score:3, Funny)
What are those for?
Re:Condom? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Two obvious comments (Score:3, Funny)
Next you'll be telling me that they can automatically spot spelling errors, and wrap text at an 80-character margin.
Re:Their Hovercraft is full of Crap (Score:1, Funny)
"Over the last 20 years, we have remained dedicated to a single mission..."
Federation.
"Over the last 20 years, we have remained confined to a single mental institution..."
Borg
"Over the last 20 years, we have remained obligated to one church..."
Bajoran
"Over the last 20 years, we have remained engaged in espionage..."
Romulan
Re:Security through obscurity. Again. (Score:4, Funny)
Viola, new unique copies, that don't match what they have on record.
When I leak your post to the world, I'll be sure to change that to "Cello, new unique copies..."
Re:Obscurity isn't worthless (Score:3, Funny)
You must be new here.
Peter