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Great idea except that they slap phones out of hands, will cover them up, won't let you scan them, and even if they did proudly display their name and broadcast their murderous actions to the entire nation there would never be a single meaningful consequence anyway.
Dems aren't even trying to pretend like they care anymore
No, they are pretending. This is them pretending. They are doing a really bad job at it.
They still think no one sees them for what they are.
Dems aren't even trying to pretend like they care anymore
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They won’t even be required to wear them, I guarantee there will be a clause stating they don’t have to wear them in vaguely-defined “exceptional circumstances” which just so happen to occur all the time.
Even if the QR codes were useful (they aren't), they can just paint a couple of random squares by hand and the QR code is useless. And no one can tell.
QR codes have built in redundancy and can have a not insignificant amount of damage, from 7% to 30% depending on variant. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code#Error_correction
If I'm reading this correctly (I am not knowledgeable on this topic) this seems to only be about part of the code being obscured or missing, but doesn't really say much about what filling in false squares would do. If some of those squares were in the sections that it uses to calculate what is missing/error correction, and it reads those false squares as part of it, I imagine it could successfully fuck it up if it was done well enough. Maybe it's actually much harder to do that than it seems, idk. Otherwise, all they'd have to do is fuck with it enough to pass the 30% threshold.
The ability to correct generally means the amount of squares that can have their value flipped (bit error) without changing the message. This can be changing white -> black or black -> white with identical results. If you want to know more about how it works, the article it links about Reed-Solomon error correction goes into more detail about the algorithm.
Still not a good way to solve this issue, but QR codes (and other codes like it) are ubiquitous for good reason.
Thank you for the explanation. A lot of the maths goes over my head, but your posts and articles have helped me understand how they work a bit better and answered a long-standing question I had.
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 .
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.
Why?
That was sarcasm. You should only have a burner at a protest, maybe. And be organized enough that you don't need a phone to be effective or safe.
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.
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.
"Mr. ICE Agent - Representative Torres has made it my right to film—"
With tremendous force the agent smashes her hand. Her phone falls and breaks on the ground.
She screams - "You broke my phone and my hand!"
"Shut up, b*tch. Or I'll break your face and skull too."
Soon after Representative Torres introduces his ICE: Do Not Break Bones or Phones bill. In it he delineates...
Badge swapping but with QR codes. And the swapped QR codes take you to a compromised site with surveillance malware.
Why! just make them wear badges then. That is the entire point of police supposedly being required to wear their badge. If anything the QR code would be easier to cover or stop. Even as performative bullshit this is just baffling.
Edit: unless the point is actually the opposite and making anyone critical of an ICE officer go to a government run site to easily track and catalog them.
I wouldn't be surprised in the slightest if he's connected to whatever tech firm would get the contract
Countdown to the dogs displaying QR codes that drain your bank account
If they’re unwilling to tear down ICE or the DHS then realistically this should be a minor feature of a bill that does like a dozen other actually substantial things to rein this gestapo force in and bring them to heel.
If this is the best they got then they don’t give a fuck. Which it’s Torres, the rep from Israel, so obviously he doesn’t give a shit whatsoever
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put a big target on them instead it'll be more useful
that'll work, just scan them like a fuckin bag of tostitos as they bash your skull in
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I am introducing a bill requiring ICE officers to provide punch tickets that can be redeemed for a free garbage bag to replace every 11th shattered car window.
Looks like it's four more years of extrajudicial killings for America of American citizens
I have to say I'm really annoyed with myself. It's now real so it's far too late. All this time the joke has been right there to make and I didn't even realize it.
Is there a minimum size for these qr codes? If they are large enough then they can be caught on video and the piggy can be identified after the fact. But then this might actually be useful so probably not.
I guess it would also be another vector for data leaks, so there's that too.
officer goatse, your fired sir
Your stupid boomer uncle who does not understand the value of anything he interacts with: "Can't you just get it on the phone nowadays?"
They should make them wear red triangles or something
Whoops, that's the communist identifier from the nazi camps
:smug-lib-face: that'll put a quick stop to this