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> It's practically impossible to forge those,... Forging isn't necessary, just copying one that is inappropriate in a particular setting. Forgery isn't diffic
by todd8 5y ago
> It's practically impossible to forge those,...
Forging isn't necessary, just copying one that is inappropriate in a particular setting.
Forgery isn't difficult either if the QR code isn't signed. QR codes are standardized and software to generate any QR code is reasonably straightforward to write (one has to know a bit about Reed-Solomon error correction), but writing software isn't necessary because there are a number of easily available libraries that can be used to generate QR codes.
Cryptographically signed QR codes (which I believe are what you are talking about) would need to include location data that could be verified by the vehicle, such as GPS coordinates and the sign's facing direction. This might work, but of course the logistics could be difficult in practice. Since signs aren't on the internet, it would be impossible to update them whenever a signing key was compromised. Key compromises would probably happen because signs are manufactured all over the world.