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Moscow Bans QR Codes in Billboards Over Navalny’s Anti-Putin Campaign

www.themoscowtimes.com Moscow Bans QR Codes in Billboards Over Navalny’s Anti-Putin Campaign - The Moscow Times

Authorities in Moscow have banned billboards containing QR codes after allies of jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny used the matrix barcodes to conceal their newly launched anti-Putin campaign ahead of the 2024 presidential election.  Navalny on Thursday urged supporters to vote for any candi...

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Barcodes that can accept text (Besides QR):
Aztec
Data Matrix
Code 128
PDF417
- Most Barcode scanners included in Android and iOS can't read them though. I know at least for Data Matrix, only a few scanners can handle them.
  
  I hate that the OG barcode scanner doesn't work on my pixel anymore.
  Another useful Google app killed.
  
  I use Binary Eye now, no ads, free and open source. It is built on zxing. I was a bit pissed when zxing scanner stopped working a few years ago. All the alternatives where ad infested crap back then.
  
  Thanks for the recommendation! Yeah I can't stand the ad infested barcode readers now. I've actually considered buying a dedicated Bluetooth barcode reader.

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