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UK flooded with forged stamps despite using barcodes — to prevent just that (www.bleepingcomputer.com)

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If a stamp have a barcode, why not just let people who have printers at home to print it on the envelope directly? This eliminates the need to buy physical stamp, thus the probability of buying counterfeit stamps.

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[-] Flipper@feddit.de 6 points 6 months ago

Especially with the history of the royal mail, it systems and wrongfully accusing people.

[-] Olap@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago

That's the post office, not royal mail, but really any large company could make this fuckup

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