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They're worse because they're not human-readable. It's easier to trick someone into scanning the wrong QR code than it is to trick someone into sending money t
by lmartel 13y ago
They're worse because they're not human-readable.
It's easier to trick someone into scanning the wrong QR code than it is to trick someone into sending money to the wrong url, email address, phone number, etc.
- dave1010uk 13y agoThe address or number they produce is human readable. If QR code clients don't show this then it's not a fault of the QR code system itself.
- ars_technician 13y agoI wouldn't exactly call bitcoin addresses human-readable either.
- eterm 13y agoTrue, but it's easier to tell 1d3af66... apart from 3e5d115f... than 2 QR codes, especially if the QR codes are separated by a minute.
- rcthompson 13y agoMost QR code readers (phone apps, at least) will decode the QR code and display the text before doing anything with it.