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This is why I get all of these kinds of apps from F-Droid instead of the Play Store. Here's the QR code scanner I use: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.t_dank

This is why I get all of these kinds of apps from F-Droid instead of the Play Store. Here's the QR code scanner I use: https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.t_dankworth.secscanqr/ https://f-droid.org/en/packages/de.t_dankworth.secscanqr/

hilbert42 6y ago
Right, I'm an avid user of F-Droid and a large percentage of my apps come via this route. The trouble is that I have found that QR code scanners are very significantly different in both their feature sets and in their ability to recognize different barcode/QR code scans. That's to say: (a) The time for a given barcode to be accurately detected varies considerably from app to app. (b) And various apps have different detection capabilities with respect to one another (i.e.: the detection performance varies from app to app depending on the contrast across the barcode image, camera focus or lack thereof, etc.). (c) For a given app, the detection capability for different types of barcode scans can vary considerably. For that reason, I have five different QR scanners installed including SecScanQR that you've mentioned and the one with the same namesake as mentioned in this Malwarebytes article. It seems there's a great deal of variability in the detection algorithms between apps. Unfortunately, from my experience I've found that some of the commercial apps have better detection performance than those on F-Droid—but granted that's only from my limited testing. Which app I use sometimes depends on other features, for instance, the fact that it has a better database or export ability, etc. is more important than the fact that it's insensitive in the detection department. I wish someone with more knowledge and experience could give others and me the good oil on this. Reckon it'd save us considerable time experimenting.
sp1rit 6y ago
Anything wrong with binary eye? https://f-droid.org/packages/de.markusfisch.android.binaryeye https://f-droid.org/packages/de.markusfisch.android.binaryey... I'm very happy with it
- stonesweep 6y ago
  Binary Eye can also be found on the Play store - I personally check to see if apps are on both to add a bit of confidence, its not a negative if they're not but a positive +1 if they are co-listed when I'm deciding which widget to use.

hilbert42 6y ago

Right, I'm an avid user of F-Droid and a large percentage of my apps come via this route. The trouble is that I have found that QR code scanners are very significantly different in both their feature sets and in their ability to recognize different barcode/QR code scans. That's to say: (a) The time for a given barcode to be accurately detected varies considerably from app to app. (b) And various apps have different detection capabilities with respect to one another (i.e.: the detection performance varies from app to app depending on the contrast across the barcode image, camera focus or lack thereof, etc.). (c) For a given app, the detection capability for different types of barcode scans can vary considerably. For that reason, I have five different QR scanners installed including SecScanQR that you've mentioned and the one with the same namesake as mentioned in this Malwarebytes article. It seems there's a great deal of variability in the detection algorithms between apps. Unfortunately, from my experience I've found that some of the commercial apps have better detection performance than those on F-Droid—but granted that's only from my limited testing. Which app I use sometimes depends on other features, for instance, the fact that it has a better database or export ability, etc. is more important than the fact that it's insensitive in the detection department. I wish someone with more knowledge and experience could give others and me the good oil on this. Reckon it'd save us considerable time experimenting.

sp1rit 6y ago

Anything wrong with binary eye? https://f-droid.org/packages/de.markusfisch.android.binaryeye https://f-droid.org/packages/de.markusfisch.android.binaryey... I'm very happy with it

stonesweep 6y ago
Binary Eye can also be found on the Play store - I personally check to see if apps are on both to add a bit of confidence, its not a negative if they're not but a positive +1 if they are co-listed when I'm deciding which widget to use.