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Good things about classic barcodes is that their numbers can be used in online searches to identify specific products, and they are short enough to be typed by
by 8jef 3y ago
Good things about classic barcodes is that their numbers can be used in online searches to identify specific products, and they are short enough to be typed by cashiers, in case the bars can't be scanned.
The way I see the new 2D ones, they are really unique per item encoded URLs that will identify the person who buys the product through card account number cross referencing (like it's done already). In an incresing survellance economy, I see a market for:
1. Apps that will decipher future 2D codes and spill out all their secrets
2. Anonymizing payment solutions through customer data obfuscation, like analog to VPN for credit cards
- autoexec 3y agoWhat companies have been trying to get us to accept for ages now is making consumers scan items using their personal devices to get a price that will be tailored to them individually based on their income level, their purchase history, their personal/political views, their "customer loyalty", etc. I'm guessing that assuming anonymizing payment solutions aren't outlawed they'll be a lot less effective when they're collecting your personal information just to see a price or view product information.
- euroderf 3y ago> What companies have been trying to get us to accept for ages now is making consumers scan items using their personal devices to get a price that will be tailored to them individually based on their income level, their purchase history, their personal/political views, their "customer loyalty", etc. Bringing the complexity and obscurity of internet pricing tricks all the way down to the shelves at the corner shop.