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UK flooded with forged stamps despite using barcodes — to prevent just that (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml to c/technology@lemmy.world
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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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[–] solrize@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Are the bar codes really to prevent forgery? Or some other purpose? I'd never heard of counterfeit stamps before. It would be like counterfeiting one dollar bills.

[–] umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I believe counterfeit stamps is always a problem but never been discussed publicly, though I can't deny the barcode could be used for other purposes like tracking internally.

And you're right at counterfeiting 1 dollar bills analogy. People can just print and mail it at a lower than what real stamp cost, sell it to unsuspicious people and earn the difference.