#qrcodes

2025-05-24

Just a QR Code
A QR-code generator that runs entirely in your web browser. No ads, no data sent home, nothing.

#tools #QRCodes

Raphikiraphiki
2025-05-23

Learn how Generative AI is pushing QR codes beyond traditional uses!

My new blog details workflows for styling, embedding images and poses, and creating animated QR codes.
For a visual guide, also watch the YouTube video:.

Links to article and video below 👇👇

N-gated Hacker Newsngate
2025-05-11

Ah, yes, because the pinnacle of technological advancement in 2025 is... fixing QR codes via Google Forms 🤦‍♂️. Apparently, AI can compose symphonies, but your QR code still needs a human whisperer through email. 🎻🧙‍♂️
humanqr.com/news/qr-code-not-s

Jennifer Moore 😷unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz
2025-05-03
2025-04-24

🚨 New blog post: Quishing: Phishing Got a Glow-Up
QR codes are convenient — which is exactly why attackers are using them to steal logins.
Learn how quishing works and how to scan smarter.
bth.news/quishing
#Cybersecurity #Phishing #Quishing #Infosec #QRcodes

2025-04-20

Boing Boing: Doom in a QR code. “Backdooms is a Doom-like game that fits inside a QR code. That’s to say, the code of the game is so concise that it can be represented by a legit QR code, which offers a maximum of 3 kilobytes of data.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/04/20/boing-boing-doom-in-a-qr-code/

2025-04-17

As this article illustrates, you can't tell where a QR code will lead when you read it with your phone. It's important to have a QR code reader that lets you look at the actual website URL before you decide to visit, not one that takes you there automatically.

peninsulanewsreview.com/news/f

#QRcodes #websites #security

2025-04-16

#QRCodes
Comme l'outils "Camera" de Windows 10 est tout pourri et qu'il met 3 plombes à décoder un QR-Code, est-ce que vous auriez une page qui permette de faire ça avec la webcam ?

J'ai trouvé ça : scanapp.org/
mais c'est pas encore super-réactif.

EDIT: Ah j'avais oublié LHV:
lehollandaisvolant.net/tout/to (github.com/mebjas/html5-qrcode)
Simple, efficace, rapide.

2025-04-15

#TIL #QRCodes can look different but encode the same payload.

qrplanet.com/help/article/why-

Reading the explanation, this seems obvious, but somehow I was amazed that a QR Code generated from the command line (without any extra switches) and from an encoder on the web looked pretty different.

Flippin' 'eck, Tucker!losttourist@social.chatty.monster
2025-04-14

@glynmoody Like so many things it's not really the technology that's at fault. QR codes are a convenient way of encoding & transmitting information.

The problems are that (a) most phones are configured to automatically load the webpage pointed at by a QR Code (assuming it encodes a URL) and (b) the persistent problem behind almost all online scams -- users are not given the tools or knowledge to help them detect a fraud.

I use the SECUSO QR Scanner app on my phone which not only displays the URL before launching it, but requires the user to check a confirmation box forcing you to think a bit more about what's about to happen.

Of course that only solves problem (a) above.

#QRcodes

Glyn Moodyglynmoody
2025-04-14

QR code '' scams up 14-fold in five years - bbc.com/news/articles/cq6yznmv this is why I hate , and avoid using them...

N-gated Hacker Newsngate
2025-04-14

🚨 Stop the presses! 🚨 Apparently, nefarious, mustache-twirling villains have discovered QR codes, and we're all doomed to be "quished" 💻🔎. Meanwhile, the valiantly lists every continent and subcontinent just in case you forgot where you live 🗺️.
bbc.com/news/articles/cq6yznmv

2025-04-11

#Fraud #QRCodes #Parking #Scam #Fraudulent #Scams #ScamsAndFraud #Technology #SmartPhones #quishing #quishingScam #QRCodeFraud #Cyber #CyberSecurity #cybersecuritynews
Always worth a post when so many scams are out there. Beware QR codes!!!

Organised gangs behind rise in QR 'quishing' scams bbc.com/news/articles/cq6yznmv

William Dentonwdenton@cosocial.ca
2025-04-10

Today's pleasant discovery: If you search DuckDuckGo for

qr code the text you want in a QR code

then it generates the QR code for you. This is going to make things much easier with the ebooks I'm including in my book display in the library.

#QRcodes

Screenshot from DuckDuckGo showing this: there is a search for "qr code the text you want in a QR code" and then a QR code and beside it the text "A QR code that means 'the text you want in a QR code'."
2025-04-07

Need to generate a QR code? Check out

quikqr.app/

Andrii Mishkovskyi 🇺🇦mishok13@hachyderm.io
2025-04-04
2025-04-02

#ios

Compartir textos de manera sencilla y protegida, usando solo #QRCodes? Te recomiendo muchísimo esta aplicación: papervault.eu

2025-04-01

Apparently someone is sticking fake "Parking Payment" QR codes on parking meters in Manhattan Beach (California).

#qrcodes #scam

2025-04-01 13:26:52 PDT

The City warns residents and visitors about a scam involving unauthorized QR codes for parking payments. Currently, there are no QR codes for online payments at parking meters or pay stations.

Please avoid using any QR codes you come across, as they may lead to fraudulent sites. Only use official payment methods.

Report any suspicious activity to our Police Department. Stay safe and vigilant!

If you see a QR Code on a parking meter, do not scan it. Contact Manhattan Beach Police at (310) 545-4566.

member.everbridge.net/31157840

2025-04-01 13:26:52 PDT

The City warns residents and visitors about a scam involving unauthorized QR codes for parking payments. Currently, there are no QR codes for online payments at parking meters or pay stations.

Please avoid using any QR codes you come across, as they may lead to fraudulent sites. Only use official payment methods.

Report any suspicious activity to our Police Department. Stay safe and vigilant!

If you see a QR Code on a parking meter, do not scan it. Contact Manhattan Beach Police at (310) 545-4566.

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