This is not true, article five allows for freedom of opinion, which is very different.

That is not true. Although it uses a different word on the surface, it really is the same legal concept.

"speech" and "opinion" have very different legal definitions.

I would like to read about the difference in the definitions of "freedom of speech" and "freedom of expressing one's opinion" with consideration of applicable case law. Right now, I don't see any real difference in how this is adjudicated in courts.

There is a company that already does this, they use it to track ships that turn off their transponders or AIS systems. I think it was shared on hn recently, but I can't find the article anymore

I think that's the one: https://jackpoulson.substack.com/p/lockheed-is-now-tracking-...

Oh yeah, I saw that one too! Don't remember what tech they were using.

The laminating process would probably blacken the entire paper

Yes I found this out the hard way just last week - thought I was being pretty clever with my inside-the-box packing label.

There are laminators that don't use heat ;)