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Re:Post a boarding pass on Facebook, get your account stolen by zo1 on Saturday September 23, 2017 @08:09AM (#15319371)
QR codes have variable-level error-correction, from 7-30%.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_code#Error_correction

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Re:Post a boarding pass on Facebook, get your account stolen by KGIII on Saturday September 23, 2017 @09:33AM (#15319641)
Thanks! As mentioned above, I am so glad I'm not one of the folks who has to implement this stuff.

I'd ask why they didn't just improve QR codes, instead of making yet another format, but I'm not sure I want to know the answer(s).

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