Forensic security coding?

[upinsmoke]

Does anyone know If my friend should be worried when they see this sign?

http://www.j-g-locksmiths.co.uk/_/rs...=400&width=263

thinks it could put a spanner in the works

[STD]

Gogling came up with something you may want to read:

Originally Posted by http://www.allianz.co.uk/media/press_story.asp?Recno=1279

Smartwater - An Outstanding Instrument

SmartWater, a forensic security coding product, is being provided to all new and renewing policyholders of Allianz Musical Insurance as of 1 August 2007 – a product used by police forces across the UK as part of a concerted strategy to deter crime.

This is the first time a tangible product has been incorporated within an insurance policy – a product that links coded possessions directly with their owners, and one which has been proven to reduce burglary by up to 83 per cent*.

Nick Grazier, musical insurance manager for Allianz Insurance said: “SmartWater has been likened to DNA profiling and is essentially an invisible liquid barcode, only revealed through ultra-violet light. We are taking a proactive measure to prevent our policyholders from suffering the emotional strain caused by theft or loss of a musical instrument.

“Each SmartWater system contains a unique forensic code which is simply dabbed into the nooks and crannies of the musical instrument. With only one billionth of a part required to provide irrefutable evidence to secure convictions, SmartWater is proving to be a criminal’s worst nightmare

SmartWater chief executive, Phil Cleary, added: “By protecting musical instruments with SmartWater, Allianz Musical Insurance’s policyholders are five times less likely to suffer criminal victimisation. Thieves are well aware that SmartWater has the power to convict them, and this will often deter them to the point of abandoning their plans altogether.”

*Perpetuity Research (University of Leicester) 2004

So it's kind of like "DataDot" that they use for some cars.

[upinsmoke]

Originally Posted by STD

Gogling came up with something you may want to read:


So it's kind of like "DataDot" that they use for some cars.

Apparently its uv ink with a chemical signature.

Anyway of removing it?

[paulbras]

Originally Posted by upinsmoke

Apparently its uv ink with a chemical signature.

Anyway of removing it?

So I guess they make it easy for us to find it with a black light. Smooth. Then it's just a matter of buying different solvents, acids, and bases to see what best removes the material.

I love how all security features ever invented claim to be revolutionary and "irrefutable". It's funny because all of them are often easily bypassed within months of being launched.

[upinsmoke]

Originally Posted by paulbras

So I guess they make it easy for us to find it with a black light. Smooth. Then it's just a matter of buying different solvents, acids, and bases to see what best removes the material.

I love how all security features ever invented claim to be revolutionary and "irrefutable". It's funny because all of them are often easily bypassed within months of being launched.

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