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Apple should be proxying and caching these results to avoid the risk of exposing client devices, prevent incidental DDOS, as well as the obvious privacy issues.
by numbsafari 4y ago
Apple should be proxying and caching these results to avoid the risk of exposing client devices, prevent incidental DDOS, as well as the obvious privacy issues.
- martin_a 4y agoWe'll just switch to user-specific QR codes then, like unique links in spam mails to find out who clicked it.
- hunter2_ 4y agoBut if every code you send out gets hit by the proxy regardless of any user action taken, then the hit doesn't tell you anything but "you got the proxy's attention" which isn't much.
- martin_a 4y agoSo far only actively downloaded codes seem to trigger this. Put in a dynamically generated "instructions.pdf" which you have to download before opening. I'm sure someone will find a way...