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Post by gato on Dec 11, 2023 6:25:24 GMT -5
I feel left out: I never scan these things, so I never get caught up in the maelstrom of fraud.
"QR codes, the square bar codes that can be scanned and read by smartphones, are seemingly used everywhere: to board flights, enter concerts and look at restaurant menus.
But scammers trying to steal personal information have also been using QR codes to direct people to harmful websites that can harvest their data, wrote Alvaro Puig, a consumer education specialist at the Federal Trade Commission, in a blog post Wednesday on the agency’s consumer advice page.
Would-be scammers hide dangerous links in the black-and-white jumble of some QR codes, the F.T.C. warned.
The people behind those schemes direct users to the harmful QR codes in deceptive ways, using tactics that include placing their own QR codes on top of legitimate codes on parking meters or sending the patterns to be scanned by text or email in ways that make them appear legitimate, the post said."
NYT
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Post by Ragtop on Dec 11, 2023 8:04:19 GMT -5
I don't do QR codes either. If I'm in a restaurant that utilizes them as a menu, I ask for a real menu. If they can't provide me with a real menu, I suppose I'll get up and go somewhere else. Hasn't happened yet, though. They always manage to scare up a menu.
How is a QR code better than a printed menu?
It's not. Put me on that list of semi-Luddites, I guess.
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Post by Davywhizz on Dec 11, 2023 8:15:28 GMT -5
There was a clever scam recently in my part of England which involved large stickers with a QR code being placed on top of the legitimate ones in various car parks which offer payment by phone. You can guess the rest.
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Post by gato on Dec 11, 2023 8:22:01 GMT -5
There was a clever scam recently in my part of England which involved large stickers with a QR code being placed on top of the legitimate ones in various car parks which offer payment by phone. You can guess the rest. Payment by phone: something else I've never done, along with banking and shopping. I guess I lost my way at the beginning of the cell phone age, thinking of them as ... you know ... phones. |
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Post by Leftee on Dec 11, 2023 8:48:28 GMT -5
How is a QR code better than a printed menu? Better for the restaurant. A staff member doesn't need to come to your table until they're bringing your food. I'm not a fan. |
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Post by markfromhawaii on Dec 11, 2023 11:49:33 GMT -5
My daughter uses QR codes on our church’s weekly program to direct folks to the church website. I told her that she should demonstrate how to use that with smart phones. I’d estimate that about 1/10 of the adults know how to use their phones to read QR codes. It took me until last year to download a QR code app because just about every attraction in NYC has a reservation system that uses QR codes.
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Post by slacker 🐨 on Dec 11, 2023 14:03:06 GMT -5
I don't do QR codes either. If I'm in a restaurant that utilizes them as a menu, I ask for a real menu. If they can't provide me with a real menu, I suppose I'll get up and go somewhere else. Hasn't happened yet, though. They always manage to scare up a menu. How is a QR code better than a printed menu?It's not. Put me on that list of semi-Luddites, I guess. There are a few advantages. They became popular during the pandemic...prevents passing along germs on a printed menu Also, for the craft beer crowd, the problem of printed menus that are no longer accurate is real. I went to one place where I ordered 3 times before I stumbled onto something that was actually pouring. Those online menus are almost always spot on. Finally, they do reduce waste...not printing and re-printing menus. |
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Post by LTB on Dec 12, 2023 13:08:44 GMT -5
I on occasion point camera at TV Screen to get a QR Code but hate the Restaurant Menu QR code.
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