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by PaulRobinson 1347 days ago
Paper tickets can be resold into the tout/scalper market. Electronic tickets can't. That's a nice feature for FIFA.
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It seems like it adds a barrier, but wouldn't the scalpers just sell phones with the app and ticket loaded? Old Android phones are quite cheap.
For countries that already require you to register SIM cards with your government ID, I wouldn't be surprised if one day they require that all phones be biometrically locked to their owner.

When producing a QR code, the signature could include the date that the QR code was generated, and the date that the phone was biometrically linked to the user (signed by a device-specific key in the secure enclave, itself signed by the manufacturer's key).

Venues could then require that you were using a phone that had been soul-bound to you since before the tickets were first available for purchase.

(For the avoidance of doubt, what I'm describing here is the basis of an Orwellian dystopia, not something that I think should ever be implemented.)

What stopping you from taking a screenshot of the qr code and send it to the buyer? The timestamp can be bypassed by sending the screenshot when the buyer is already at the ticket-checking gate.
These apps generate a new code based on the time, etc. Its basically a TOTP password for an event.
They still get scalped but you have to do it through their approved scalper app
You would be surprised how well app screenshot in full screen with the qr code works.

Seen this many times with covid vaccination passes.

No idea about this app, but presumably that's the reason why quite a few apps show animations and a rotating code word alongside the QR codes, so staff can easily spot that kind of thing.
Doesn't work for these tickets since they're generating new underlying values as time passes.

Even Costco has self-modifying barcodes now, so covid vaccination passes are behind on the times.