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Comment on Scalpers Work With Hackers to Liberate Ticketmaster's ‘Non-Transferable’ Tickets

AllNewTypeFace@leminal.space ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

And there are technical details from the reverse-engineering of Ticketmaster’s ticket format here. tl;dr: it’s two of the TOTP authentication codes you use for 2-factor authentication rolled into a barcode, along with some additional data.

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foofiepie@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
This is equal parts informative and hilarious. Ticketmaster sucks.

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- kautau@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The conclusion says it best:
  
  I think we can all agree: Fuck TicketMaster. I hope their sleazy product managers and business majors read this and throw a tantrum. I hope their devs read this and feel embarrassed. It’s rare that I feel genuine malice towards other developers, but to those who designed this system, I say: Shame.
  
  Shame on you for abusing your talent to exclude the technologically-disadvantaged.
  
  Shame on you for letting the marketing team dress this dark-pattern as a safety measure.
  
  Shame on you for supporting a company with such cruel business practices.
  
  Software developers are the wizards and shamans of the modern age. We ought to use our powers with the austerity and integrity such power implies. You’re using them to exclude people from entertainment events.
  
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