Do you use QR codes or do you avoid them?
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Do you use QR codes or do you avoid them?
Please boost for more replies. Thanks.@JoBlakely My QR code reader shows me the link so I can validate them. Some are fun but I don't trust links in the wild.
I do put them on the back of my books to go to the landing page and links to ebook vendors.
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@weddige @Frantasaur
Yeah, that was what I figured too.
You just need to have some discernment going to any site. Even then there is always some, often significant, risk.@JoBlakely @weddige @Frantasaur
Most people are unlikely to type in Cyrillic characters (as one example) when hand typing or using voice transcription to input a URL, but could easily mistake those when a phishy URL shows up when they scan the QR code.
QRs remove friction at a time when people really need friction removed, like when being tired, stressed or in a hurry, making it even less likely that someone would catch a scam URL. I think they're dangerous for general use.
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@JoBlakely @weddige @Frantasaur
Most people are unlikely to type in Cyrillic characters (as one example) when hand typing or using voice transcription to input a URL, but could easily mistake those when a phishy URL shows up when they scan the QR code.
QRs remove friction at a time when people really need friction removed, like when being tired, stressed or in a hurry, making it even less likely that someone would catch a scam URL. I think they're dangerous for general use.
@Mikal good point.
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Do you use QR codes or do you avoid them?
Please boost for more replies. Thanks.@JoBlakely I can't read a QR code, so I have no idea where it will go
I can read a URL though
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@Frantasaur @JoBlakely tbh. QR codes are not more of a risk than a printed URL. They have been used in demonstrations to scare people, but I would classify these demonstrations itself almost as a scam. They usually are based on the implicit assumption, that it would be more secure to copy the URL by hand, which it isn't. Do not rely on recognising phishy URLs to be safe online!
TL;DR QR codes are fine; don't trust any website you got from a flyer blindly.
@weddige @Frantasaur @JoBlakely QR codes are generally contextually located so more trustworthy - the restaurant table is a protected space, with the restaurant invested in making sure the QR codes do the right thing, for example.
A URL shortener or unrecognized, unmonitored URL or QR code in the wild real world, and even more so on the Internet, are to be treated with caution. -
@weddige @Frantasaur @JoBlakely QR codes are generally contextually located so more trustworthy - the restaurant table is a protected space, with the restaurant invested in making sure the QR codes do the right thing, for example.
A URL shortener or unrecognized, unmonitored URL or QR code in the wild real world, and even more so on the Internet, are to be treated with caution.@thesquirrelfish
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@weddige @Frantasaur @JoBlakely QR codes are generally contextually located so more trustworthy - the restaurant table is a protected space, with the restaurant invested in making sure the QR codes do the right thing, for example.
A URL shortener or unrecognized, unmonitored URL or QR code in the wild real world, and even more so on the Internet, are to be treated with caution.@thesquirrelfish
URL shortener should be really suspect, because there is absolutely no need for one in a QR code.
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Do you use QR codes or do you avoid them?
Please boost for more replies. Thanks.@JoBlakely Avoid them like the plague.
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Do you use QR codes or do you avoid them?
Please boost for more replies. Thanks.@JoBlakely
I use them for one purpose: Z-Wave "Smart Start" to securely pair new devices. -
Do you use QR codes or do you avoid them?
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Do you use QR codes or do you avoid them?
Please boost for more replies. Thanks.@JoBlakely @catsalad Many of the craft brew pubs I go to use them for their constantly changing draft selections. I don't mind them at all if they're used for something like that.
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Do you use QR codes or do you avoid them?
Please boost for more replies. Thanks.@JoBlakely Yes, but I prefer to use a QR scanner to see the whole content before I let an app act on it.
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Do you use QR codes or do you avoid them?
Please boost for more replies. Thanks.@JoBlakely I never use QR codes in public life. I only use them to transfer an url from pc to smartphone.
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Do you use QR codes or do you avoid them?
Please boost for more replies. Thanks.@JoBlakely I only use them since GrapheneOS shows the actual link/text with a confirmation screen. When my device doesn't have that, I don't use them.
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@catsalad
lol. Not gonna do it! Lololol. Is it a rickroll? -
Do you use QR codes or do you avoid them?
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@polinamials @artemis @JoBlakely
I have a little pocket barcode scanner I can use to read barcodes without any actions being taken by an app. It is very useful.
What we could use is a phone app that reads the code & tells you what it is & only starts a browser if you tell it to
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What we could use is a phone app that reads the code & tells you what it is & only starts a browser if you tell it to
@staringatclouds @sasutina13 @polinamials @artemis
In the thread there are a couple mentioned like that. -
Do you use QR codes or do you avoid them?
Please boost for more replies. Thanks.@JoBlakely it's probably fine to use QR codes mundane use cases like sharing WiFi with trusted ones, sure. But for my day-to-day, the only path I'd consider is just rick-rolling people with my shirt -
Do you use QR codes or do you avoid them?
Please boost for more replies. Thanks.@JoBlakely I am sort of in two minds over this question. I do use them. When I can be sure know they are genuine and sometimes they are the only way.
But I don't use them if there are other ways. I am not a fan of them, because they are too easy to scam.
