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		8n4vidtmkvmk on July 9, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Reverse engineering Ticketmaster's rotating barcod... Then assign names to the tickets after purchase. Should be allowed up to 24 hours before the event or something.

carlosjobim on July 9, 2024 [–]

That beats the entire purpose of having names on tickets, which is to stop scalers.

8n4vidtmkvmk on July 10, 2024 | [–]

No, because at least 1 name has to be assigned on purchase. So the scalper is still out 1 ticket.

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