It's probably best to avoid wild QR codes.

be wary of fake QR codes try peeling em first before you scan

This is just a bad skimmer in action. Glad you caught it.

I avoid QR codes, and even (complete) images of them on social media can trigger your phone to go searching.

I tend to go to an app rather than scan a QR code if I can help it. But from now on, I'll be more vigilant when I do use them. Imagine if folks stuck dodgy, scamming ones over the ones you see in restaurants to order and pay?😱

We live in a shitty cyberpunk future

Good news is the inventors of qr codes are soon releasing a version that uses encryption certificates, similar to https vs http

I tend to modify them with sharpies for the lulz.

Yeah, companies embraced QR codes without fully understanding how easily they can be used maliciously

Yeah, that's a hard no. Full stop

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