Dear people who have recently discovered QR codes,
QR codes can be very useful. They are particularly useful when they are printed out and stuck around the place. Or even on a slide on a presentation so people can access the info on their personal device.
QR codes are NOT useful on a social media post or a website that people access on their own device because if you are looking at it on your phone you cannot scan it with your phone. Just post the bloody link!
@urbanfoxe They can be very useful to some. For everyone else, though, human-readable links are probably safer.
wondering if there are scams where e-QR codes are 'hijacked' like printed ones by scammers.
great topic and discussion thank you 🖖🏾
@BeTongLen @urbanfoxe I can well believe it. There are a lot of online "QR creator" sites out there, and I wouldn't be too confident that all of them are quite what they seem.
Anyone can check a QR (or a shortened URL) and see where it goes, so they might seem safe enough. But would anyone notice if it went via a redirect that, at any time in future, changed?
i never use QRs for these reasons. Thank you.
Jenny Fx
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