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> For instance, one scam is replacing the QR codes on parking meters with another one, linking to a different payment site How's that different from printing a
by hannob 5y ago
> For instance, one scam is replacing the QR codes on parking meters with another one, linking to a different payment site
How's that different from printing an URL on the parking meter which can be replaced by an attacker with a different URL?
- thematrixturtle 5y agoNobody, and I mean nobody, punches in URLs by hand. They put keywords into a search box, and sometimes those keywords have .com at the end for some obscure geeky or marketing reason they don't understand or care about.
- onion2k 5y agoSo an attacker just needs to be better at SEO, or they need to register a domain. The problem still lies with visiting untrusted domains rather than the obfuscation of the URL by a QR code.
- Jxl180 5y agoI definitely enter urls into my address bar. It would be absurd to assume I’m alone. My meters are ppprk.com (for Passport Parking) so I type in ppprk.com.
- thematrixturtle 5y agoYou just proved my point: that's a domain, not a URL.