I built the Loyalty Card Emulator 🪄 (apfelkompott.codeberg.page)

submitted 9 months ago by reibekuchen@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Hey /c/privacy,

Similar to the idea that was proposed a month ago by @to_urcite_ty_kokos@lemmy.world, I built a little web app that allows one to "emulate" EAN13-based loyalty cards. I call it the Loyalty Card Emulator. 🪄

The app allows you to either select one of the built-in card numbers that I have found on the internet. (Only for demonstration purposes, of course!) Or you can just enter a code manually and create the loyalty card from it. The link to a card can be shared (e.g. if you and your SO use the same loyalty card).

At the moment, it is very basic and only has one single design that is supposed to visually mimic one of the biggest loyalty card providers that I know.

Architectural-wise, the app is written in TypeScript, powered by React and Vite. The app does not transmit and/or store your codes anywhere but on your device; it's a single-page application that runs entirely in your browser, without any server component.

The source code is publicly available here. The hosting is taken care of by Codeberg Pages - cheers for that!

Adding new card designs and/or preset codes can be achieved quite easily, so feel free to fork and contribute!

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[-] 2d@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago

anyone care to share what specific places they might use this for?

[-] PeachMan@lemmy.one 4 points 9 months ago

Sounds like this is for any loyalty cards with a barcode that you scan in a store. So if you're in the US, a lot of grocery stores have these, and some other businesses like Starbucks. Similar to Stocard: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.stocard.stocard

[-] golfguide_jacobite@artemis.camp 2 points 9 months ago

I remember that few years ago Stocard triggered warning in my company as he got accesses to loyalty point through an API without agreement and through an API most of us didn’t know. With the loyalty card code you could get the point balance of this. We never knew how they found their way

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