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This sort of thing is one of the reasons I never liked the "noise texture" that appeared on MacOS X and other GUIs and websites not so long ago. I always thought my (former) OS was fingerprinting every screenshot I made. I'd love to be proven wrong, but you are never too careful.

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This reminds me of a few years back when the internet identified a parody twitter account by analyzing iOS screenshots it posted.

I just tried googling for the story but I can’t remember what the account was about. I think it was some sort of parody silicon valley account. It was a great story, if anyone remembers and can find the link.

That was Startup L. Jackson: https://www.quora.com/Who-is-behind-Startup-L-Jackson/answer...

I remember that Blizzard had secretly watermarked WoW screenshots.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4505584

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