968 () CORRUPTION posted 237 days ago by AnalogDevice 237 days ago by AnalogDevice +968 / -0 19 comments share 19 comments share save hide report block hide child comments Comments (19) sorted by: top new old worst You're viewing a single comment thread. View all comments, or full comment thread. ▲ 2 ▼ – The_RedWolf 2 points 237 days ago +3 / -1 I’m guessing the legit reason to print the characters is in case the barcode gets damaged Having D and R ballots labeled on a barcode level makes sense, and is probably done in traditional in person ballots But it is a security weakness permalink save report block reply ▲ 2 ▼ – Valensiakol 2 points 237 days ago +2 / -0 Yeah, especially when everyone and their mother has a barcode scanner app built into their smartphones. permalink parent save report block reply ▲ 1 ▼ – The_RedWolf 1 point 237 days ago +1 / -0 Yeah but those are linked to upc databases, a specialist barcode requires different software that likely wouldn’t be available to most people permalink parent save report block reply
I’m guessing the legit reason to print the characters is in case the barcode gets damaged
Having D and R ballots labeled on a barcode level makes sense, and is probably done in traditional in person ballots
But it is a security weakness
Yeah, especially when everyone and their mother has a barcode scanner app built into their smartphones.
Yeah but those are linked to upc databases, a specialist barcode requires different software that likely wouldn’t be available to most people