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The growing abuse of QR codes in malware and payment scams prompts FTC warning (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I agree, people don't really pay attention or bother to read about stuff like How to check if a QR code is safe. Honestly, I've been dealing with QR codes for quite a while, and I still occasionally spend time looking things up, reading about quishing, and whatever new scam/term appears.