• NinaPasadena [she/her, any]@hexbear.net
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    3 days ago

    Much better than a badge because it’s harder to read and even easier to obscure. Plus if someone does manage to scan the QR code it can be tracked. It’s like a badge except ICE can have a record of everyone who does communism by trying to look at it .

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      3 days ago

      I consulted with several civil liberty lawyers and they all told me the best thing you can do at a protest or any public gathering is install and use as many government apps as possible.

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      2 days ago

      That’s not really how qr codes work. They can only see you scanned it if it’s a url or something and you click on it.

      Also qr and other data matrix codes are quite redundant and can be read with something like 40% missing, depending on how it was created.

      • NinaPasadena [she/her, any]@hexbear.net
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        2 days ago

        Ya I’m aware of how qr codes work. It’ll definitely be a url. Like most qr codes most people scan. Go to a restaurant scan open a link to a menu. They’ll do that.

        And you’re right they are redundant. Great for still being scannable if a bits worn off a table or a box in a warehouse. But silly to suggest somehow a pig couldn’t damage or cover 40% of a small square. Unless the code like covers they’re whole back… Which would be funny looking.