81yo Dodgers fan can no longer get tickets because he doesn't have a smartphone

Post by woobar » Mon, Apr 06, 2026, 7:07 PM UTC

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Do you know how many old people get scammed per year in the United States because they are using technology that they are trained on, but assume that they have to use the technology in order to function each year with minimal practical gain relative to the costs? Its around 12.5 billion dollars in 2024, up from 10 billion in 2023 [1]. Why is introducing someone to that risk worth it to watch a baseball game? Assertin…

Post by hapless » Mon, Apr 06, 2026, 7:08 PM UTC

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The point is it doesn't have to be life. We can make things so that you don't need a smartphone, but we choose not to. That's a choice, not some immutable reality of the universe.

Can we make things so that you don't need a smartphone? I don't think this is as trivial as you're making it out to be. Having a non-exfiltratable bearer token is really really hard. In order to present a zero-knowledge proof of the possession of a token you need to have some sort of challenge-response protocol. The simplest one, and the one in most common use (such as this) is a time-based method, where the shared k…

Post by SoftTalker » Mon, Apr 06, 2026, 7:09 PM UTC

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And, expecting people who are happy with what they already have and have already paid for to switch to your newer, more complicated, more expensive system so that your numbers go up is another attitude that should not be tolerated.

I am sure that you also think they should have a place for his horses to feed because he doesn’t want to deal with a car.

Post by [deleted] » Mon, Apr 06, 2026, 7:10 PM UTC

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>Generating badges has loopholes. This seems to be an area where people will always find loopholes. Should this be a race-to-the-bottom in an attempt to make the most foolproof system possible, or do we at some point accept that maybe there's never going to be a perfect way to do this? >And IDing every person can be a mission on itself. I've worked the door at venues of various sizes, so it's not like I suggested thi…

For sure you can ID everyone. Nightclubs, music festivals and even airports do this sort of thing all the time. You just need good organisation, plenty of security stations, and an atmosphere that rewards people who arrive early - checking a stadium's worth of IDs over the course of 2-3 hours rather than over the course of 20 minutes. What you can't do is charge $20 for a glass of beer then expect people to arrive 2-…

Post by kleiba » Mon, Apr 06, 2026, 7:12 PM UTC

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My wife and I had an appointment last week to apply for a line of credit. We talked it all through with the clerk and decided to go for it, so he started the whole process on his computer. His jaw dropped half-way through when he asked for my wife's and my phone number, and I had to tell him that I don't own a smart phone. Turns out you must have a smart phone because the system sends you some kind of code to verify…

I understand what you mean, however it's still quite hilarious that there is an user on checks notes hacker news, who does not have a phone. This reminds me of the Japanese cybersecurity minister who did not use a computer. Bonus points if you work at Apple, or Google and work on iOS or Android. Would explain a lot why they are the way they are.