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Digital drivers licence anti-fraud technology described as 'cheap coding trick' (abc.net.au)
3 points by matthew16550 8 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 3 comments


The article is vague on what the anti-fraud technology is. From reading the FAQ here: https://service.vic.gov.au/find-services/digital-wallet/digi... it seems to be a method for verifying the user isn't showing a screenshot, by displaying an interactive "hologram" that changes when tilting the phone. If the venue doesn't follow the QR code to a server-side copy of the license, there's no verification it isn't a clone application mimicking the same behavior while displaying user-input data.


If anyone else was confused, “spruiking” means to advertise in an enthusiastic manner.


TIL a new word, lol. Yeah, I understood it to mean something akin to ‘touting’.




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