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		mensetmanusman on April 4, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Rise and Fall of 3M's Floppy Disk (2023) An area of huge counterfeit is companies purchasing low cost legit adhesive with a 3M logo on the liner, and then coating a different adhesive on it that looks like it would work but doesn't and selling for profit.

shmeeed on April 4, 2024 [–]

Is that really a thing? I always imagined they would just counterfeit the liner too.

mensetmanusman on April 7, 2024 | [–]

The liners can e quite complex with built in anti-counterfeiting technology.

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