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One of the conclusions of the phishing attacks paper was that
phishing attacks are the counterfeiting of an identity, not the
counterfeiting of a website. Hence counterfeiting is just identity
theft. From this we can develop solutions to protect manufactured
goods from counterfeiting e.g. pharmaceutical drugs. I documented my
ideas in a second paper i.e. <br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://arxiv.org/abs/1512.00351">http://arxiv.org/abs/1512.00351</a><br>
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The method proposed to prevent counterfeiting of manufactured goods
is analogous to digital signatures. It would take a cryptographer or
game theorist to understand the solution, hence the cryptography
connection.<br>
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Here’s an example from the paper i.e. glass coins.<br>
<blockquote>Coins could be made out of glass. Flaws like tiny
bubbles would be difficult to position during manufacture. As such
imperfections would make each coin unique and impossible to
replicate. Whatever process is used to draw a picture and a coin
value could be used to add a unique serial number. Authentication
would involve authenticating the physical properties like
refractive index and examining the coin's unique physical flaws
i.e. Fingerprint. Finally the central bank, for that currency, can
authenticate that 'serial number - fingerprint' combination.<br>
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