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		lmm on July 8, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reverse engineering Ticketmaster's rotating barcod... > It also happens that pranksters can cancel your travel if your boarding passes make it on to Twitter or other social media. The security theater of checking ID does nothing to stop this. What's your point?

bagels on July 9, 2024 [–]

My point is that rotating expiring barcodes actually can provide some security value.

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