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The QR code feature looks like it could be spoofed to become a Pegasus deployment method once people get used to them.

EA-3167 5mo ago
Overall it’s a reason to sigh deeply and thank our fellow “visionary leaders” for making everything that little bit worse. At least we’re getting an AI paradise out of the deal right? Right?
- varispeed 5mo ago
  It's not really about leaders, but people who are supposed to ensure they are not corrupt. It seems like security services in many countries started outright to scam the tax payers. Get the wage and pretend brown envelopes don't change hands and policies are not shaped by corporations for their benefit, not the public.
fg137 5mo ago
Scan QR code -- you don't have our "captcha app" installed, automatically redirect to Play store -- download malware because Google Play's horrible screening -- profit I must not be the first one to think of this, right? Right???
- LorenPechtel 5mo ago
  Yeah, idiots would fall for it. Both (Google/Apple) need a much higher level of certification for anything to be allowed to be prompted to install. Either you're already big (and can easily afford to pay for some human time to verify), or you're a manufacturer selling something that has an associated app (again, which implies you're reasonably big and can afford to pay for verification.) You're neither? Get lost. Somebody types in the name of the app, fine, but the user must find it.
  - NetMageSCW 5mo ago
    People already complain about the level of control Apple has over apps and you want there to be much more control? That’s never going to happen.
- andrepd 5mo ago
  Hey at least in September they're going to stop you from installing F-Droid. For your safety, citizen!
- gwerbin 5mo ago
  Does it hurt Google if that happens? No, not really, unless it happens a lot and one of the victims happens to be a US senator or something. The value of the control this gives them, if adopted widely, is immeasurable, not to mention the ad-targeting value of identifying more people across devices.

Overall it’s a reason to sigh deeply and thank our fellow “visionary leaders” for making everything that little bit worse. At least we’re getting an AI paradise out of the deal right? Right?

varispeed 5mo ago
It's not really about leaders, but people who are supposed to ensure they are not corrupt. It seems like security services in many countries started outright to scam the tax payers. Get the wage and pretend brown envelopes don't change hands and policies are not shaped by corporations for their benefit, not the public.

fg137 5mo ago

Scan QR code -- you don't have our "captcha app" installed, automatically redirect to Play store -- download malware because Google Play's horrible screening -- profit I must not be the first one to think of this, right? Right???

LorenPechtel 5mo ago
Yeah, idiots would fall for it. Both (Google/Apple) need a much higher level of certification for anything to be allowed to be prompted to install. Either you're already big (and can easily afford to pay for some human time to verify), or you're a manufacturer selling something that has an associated app (again, which implies you're reasonably big and can afford to pay for verification.) You're neither? Get lost. Somebody types in the name of the app, fine, but the user must find it.
- NetMageSCW 5mo ago
  People already complain about the level of control Apple has over apps and you want there to be much more control? That’s never going to happen.
andrepd 5mo ago
Hey at least in September they're going to stop you from installing F-Droid. For your safety, citizen!
gwerbin 5mo ago
Does it hurt Google if that happens? No, not really, unless it happens a lot and one of the victims happens to be a US senator or something. The value of the control this gives them, if adopted widely, is immeasurable, not to mention the ad-targeting value of identifying more people across devices.