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That's true for all phishing yet people fall for it just the same, even tech people

• Meph504 5y ago
  Yes, but mainly because it requires awareness and practice, two things a lot of people regardless of their position are naturally bad at. When we are busy or otherwise focus engaged elsewhere it becomes a bigger issue. But QR doesn't change that, its the same root problem, that is little different that clicking a button in an email that obscures a URL. I rarely use the phones built in QR readers, I have one that dumps the data, and then I'll copy and paste what I want. I think it was on HN a while back, someone had made an app, that would serve to strip the tracking info off, by having the original launch done remotely, and then would send back just the secondary URL, basically blackholing the tracking part. I did a quick search but can't find it, but using tools that either make clear what you are loading, or handle it for you, are effective at circumventing the tracking issue. But it seems rather pointless how, there are so many other methods at play to track you.