On 14/12/2012 12:07, John Williamson wrote:
Mike Tomlinson wrote:
In article , Jethro_uk
writes

I wonder if there are any pieces of electronic kit which have a
useless component soldered in isolation somewhere, just to be able to
snare counterfeits ?

Not quite the same thing, but:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/alichimp/2511265142/

There are also stories of other things like trademarks being etched into
chips to try and prevent forgeries, or maybe they were just the chip
designer showing off...


Its always tempting to put a rabbit or a dino in the tracking. ;-)