Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoThe growing abuse of QR codes in malware and payment scams prompts FTC warningarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up1156arrow-down10
arrow-up1156arrow-down1external-linkThe growing abuse of QR codes in malware and payment scams prompts FTC warningarstechnica.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squarephx@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 months agoGiven that how restaurants present these various greatly, it wouldn’t be terribly unexpected for the official QR to be a sticker on the menu or table either
minus-squareRGB3x3@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoI’ve been at restaurants where that’s exactly the case. The QR is just a sticker on the table. Or a laminated card with the code on it. Would be trivially easy to replace it with a malicious site.
Given that how restaurants present these various greatly, it wouldn’t be terribly unexpected for the official QR to be a sticker on the menu or table either
I’ve been at restaurants where that’s exactly the case. The QR is just a sticker on the table. Or a laminated card with the code on it.
Would be trivially easy to replace it with a malicious site.