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		Xerox scanners/photocopiers randomly alter numbers (no OCR involved) (dkriesel.com)
		34 points by raphman on Aug 2, 2013 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 1 comment

russellsprouts on Aug 2, 2013 [–]

Looks like a poorly implemented compression algorithm, or something. It's scary to think what this could cause, though.

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