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The QR malware is an area I've addressed [0] - there are some hacks out there, to be sure. I love the idea of imperceptible patterns but then you have the prob
by edent 14y ago
The QR malware is an area I've addressed [0] - there are some hacks out there, to be sure.
I love the idea of imperceptible patterns but then you have the problem of how you let the user know that there's a pattern there to scan! It's the same issue with NFC - you need a symbol that a user will recognise to mean "Scan me"
[0] http://shkspr.mobi/blog/2011/12/how-to-prevent-qr-hijacking/ http://shkspr.mobi/blog/2011/12/how-to-prevent-qr-hijacking/
- nirvanatikku 14y agoFair point on imperceptible patterns (until we have something like google glass :b). On the matter of addressing QR malware, you must appreciate that in order for the technology to be safe and widely adopted, the _masses_ must be educated on all the points you bring up. Every time I realize how such information needs to be understood by the lay person, I'm led to believe that QR codes won't become 'the internet of things'. My 2c.
- 3JPLW 14y agoThe problem isn't getting a user to recognize that they need to scan something... it's that the user needs to scan something! We need to get things automatically scanning other things.