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A method for encoding or decoding digital data, a data dissemination device and a data managing device are provided. The method for encoding digital data includes the following steps. A digital data is received. A sign data is encoded into the digital data through a linear combination operation to o

A method for encoding or decoding digital data, a data dissemination device and a data managing device are provided. The method for encoding digital data includes the following steps. A digital data is received. A sign data is encoded into the digital data through a linear combination operation to obtain an encoded digital data, wherein the size of the digital data is not changed after the encoding process. The encoded digital data is disseminated.

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1. A method for encoding digital data capable of tracking data dissemination device, comprising: (a) receiving a digital data by a first data dissemination device;(b) encoding a first sign data into the digital data through a linear combination operation to obtain a first encoded digital data by the

1. A method for encoding digital data capable of tracking data dissemination device, comprising: (a) receiving a digital data by a first data dissemination device;(b) encoding a first sign data into the digital data through a linear combination operation to obtain a first encoded digital data by the first data dissemination device, wherein the size of the digital data is not changed after the encoding process;(c) disseminating the first encoded digital data by the first data dissemination device;(d) receiving the first encoded digital data by a second data dissemination device;(e) encoding a second sign data into the first encoded digital data through the linear combination operation to obtain a second encoded digital data by the second data dissemination device, wherein the size of the first encoded digital data is not changed after the encoding process; and(f) disseminating the second encoded digital data by the second data dissemination device;wherein a data managing device receives the second encoded digital data, the data managing device decodes a correct codeword from the second encoded digital data and identifies at least two error positions of error digits, the at least two error positions denote the first sign data and the second sign data, and the data managing device tracks the first data dissemination device and the second data dissemination device according to the two error positions. 2. The method for encoding digital data capable of tracking data dissemination device according to claim 1, wherein in the step (b), the size of the digital data before encoding is the same with that of the first sign data; in the step (e), the size of the first encoded digital data is the same with that of the second sign data. 3. The method for encoding digital data capable of tracking data dissemination device according to claim 1, wherein in the step (a) and the step (b), the digital data and the first sign data are binary data or are elements belonging to a finite field GF (pn). 4. The method for encoding digital data capable of tracking data dissemination device according to claim 1, wherein in the step (b), the first sign data is encoded into the digital data through an addition operation and a mod operation. 5. The method for encoding digital data capable of tracking data dissemination device according to claim 1, wherein in the step (a), the digital data comprises an advertisement. 6. A data dissemination device, comprising: a reception unit used for receiving a first encoded digital data;an encoding operation unit used for encoding a second sign data into the first encoded digital data through a linear combination operation to obtain a second encoded digital data, wherein the size of the first encoded digital data is not changed after the encoding process;a dissemination unit used for disseminating the second encoded digital data;wherein, the first encoded digital data is disseminated by another data dissemination device, the another data dissemination device receives a digital data and encodes a first sign data into the digital data through the linear combination operation to obtain the first encoded digital data, a data managing device receives the second encoded digital data, the data managing device decodes a correct codeword from the second encoded digital data and identifies at least two error positions of error digits, the at least two error positions denote the first sign data and the second sign data, and the data managing device tracks at least two data dissemination devices according to the two error positions. 7. The data dissemination device according to claim 6, wherein the digital data, the first sign data, the second sign data, the first encoded digital data and the second encoded digital data are binary data or are elements belonging to a finite field GF (pn). 8. The data dissemination device according to claim 6, wherein the encoding operation unit comprises: an add calculator used for executing an addition operation; anda mod calculator used for executing a mod operation;wherein, the second sign data is encoded into the first encoded digital data through the addition operation and the mod operation.