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Almost three-quarters of Americans (73%) scan QR codes without verification, and more than 26 million have already been directed to malicious sites, according to NordVPN.
The FTC warned earlier this year about scanning QR codes on unexpected packages.
New York City’s Department of Transportation issued a warning that scammers are posting QR codes on parking meters that are not legitimate payment links.
malicious qr codes have always been around. i remember the local news reports of them plastered to store directories at the mall. ya, that long ago.
I remember going to defcon in 2016 and there was a guy wielding a foam sword with a qr code t-shirt that said “scan me”, and when you scanned it and told him it said “arrrr”, he’d beat you with the sword while berating you for scanning an untrusted code.
Damn I’m just realizing that was almost 10 years ago
Yeah. Took like a day after they were publicly available , lol
Yup, they were always a terrible idea