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PCKevin -- thanks for posting those. Frightening.
Some obvious (perhaps rhetorical) questions. Why is it so hard for the "big 3" to provide a tamper-proof holder? Is there a card friendly alternative to the inferior sonic welding used to seal these slabs? There must be a way to heat seal (i.e., melt the plastic together) along the edges without damaging the card. Can a "pocket" slab be produced that is open only at the top (with the card and the spacers slid in), and then a plug heat sealed at the top (and couldn't this could be done above the flip, a safe distance from the card)? Is this too much to ask?
And the registry scans are definitely a problem. The scans get stolen, and the serial numbers are there for the crooks to use on faked flips.
I participate in only one registry, with SGC, and I photoshopped a thin grey bar across the SGC serial numbers on all my scans.