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I think there are several issues with the situation at hand: 1. The city should've provided a QR code payment solution along with an app to scan and vet those
by redleader55 5y ago
I think there are several issues with the situation at hand:
1. The city should've provided a QR code payment solution along with an app to scan and vet those QR codes.
2. The parking app that includes a QR code scanner, only needs to interpret the information in the QR code (eg. location id + parking spot id), it doesn't need a full URL.
In China QR codes are ubiquitous. You can find them on menus in restaurants, when paying a cabbie for the ride, or a guy in the fresh market for vegetables, you can even buy toilet paper in a public toilet in the middle of the night using a QR code. The reason why there is no QR code fraud is because the payment is done through 1-2 apps which are able to detect fraudulent QR codes.
- Too 5y agoNone of that would not help if scammer puts a sticker on top of all you just mentioned, that says: "To pay, scan this code with your camera app". It would only deter people who already have the app since before, which is already the case, i assume most people just enter the Parking zone number by reading it from afar or using GPS from app, not by walking up to the machine and scan it.