microdot

noun

mi·cro·dot | \ ˈmī-krə-ˌdät

, -krō-\

Definition of microdot

: a photographic reproduction of printed matter reduced to the size of a dot for ease or security of transmittal

Examples of microdot in a Sentence

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Reality Winner, the intelligence contractor who leaked to The Intercept and was quickly caught in June 2017 thanks to microdot printing, was sentenced to 63 months in prison on Thursday. — Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, "NSA leaker who mailed doc outlining Russian hacking gets 5 years in prison," 23 Aug. 2018 Computer security experts say there's also a visible trail on everything printed nowadays, that color printers leave microdots. — CBS News, "Accused NSA leaker "scared that they would make her disappear," mom says," 7 June 2017

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