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From http://www.mydatatags.com/how-it-works/how-microdots-work

> Step 4

> Recover Your Property

> If the police or a good Samaritan find your lost or stolen assets marked with our microtag technology and contacts MyDataTags, we will inform you and give you their contact information so you can recover your personal property.

So it's a serial number that nobody will notice (1mm black dot) or be able to read (I would assume it's gunk to be scratched off, not taken to with a magnifying glass).

Maybe I'm missing their key point, but on a bicycle the reasonable responsible buyer will just run the serial through whatever stolen registry is most popular in their area, not scour the bike for tiny secret illuminati codes.



A responsible buyer will require an original invoice that matches the frame number, or assume that the bike is stolen.


I certainly don't have the original invoice for my 15-year-old bike.




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