root comments on Crazy Ideas Thread - Less Wrong

5 Post author: James_Miller 18 June 2016 12:30AM

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Comment author: root 18 June 2016 09:15:08AM 1 point [-]

Too easily exploitable. It was common in the fax era to waste a lot of ink (paper too but you can't waste more than one paper per paper) by sending a completely black document.

There's probably more sophisticated ways to attack such a system, but don't ask me. Go read Bruce Schneier.