If you were living under the rock for last 6 months then I will answer you: no, it won't be public information, as most likely NSA/CIA/whomever surely would like you to print some notes, so they can catch you. So Adobe/others have a gag order/if any not to speak about the subject.
I would however think that they do that simply to protect themselves in case so that noone will come after them legally that they allowed counterfeit to happen (so easily). Sure you can always trick the machine/software, but hey at least Adobe did try to stop you so they do "work" in a good faith.
I once watched a documentary on counterfeits and it seems it would costs about $80 to produce a perfectly looking, no-difference $100 bill using the latest technology. Noone will ever attest its fake other than Federal Reserve, and thats only because they have never produced a note with this serial #. The real game, supposedly, is not in producing fake notes that pass all tests; the real "problem" is how you put enough number of bills in the circulation so that #1 you make plenty of money, and #2 you don't get noticed/caught.
Surprisingly, the price for a perfectly-fake bill is not going much higher than $80, and as the rumor goes, FedRe stopped producing $1,000 bills for this exact reason.
I would however think that they do that simply to protect themselves in case so that noone will come after them legally that they allowed counterfeit to happen (so easily). Sure you can always trick the machine/software, but hey at least Adobe did try to stop you so they do "work" in a good faith.
I once watched a documentary on counterfeits and it seems it would costs about $80 to produce a perfectly looking, no-difference $100 bill using the latest technology. Noone will ever attest its fake other than Federal Reserve, and thats only because they have never produced a note with this serial #. The real game, supposedly, is not in producing fake notes that pass all tests; the real "problem" is how you put enough number of bills in the circulation so that #1 you make plenty of money, and #2 you don't get noticed/caught.
Surprisingly, the price for a perfectly-fake bill is not going much higher than $80, and as the rumor goes, FedRe stopped producing $1,000 bills for this exact reason.