QR codes, cont'd

Adam Funk

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Jan 31, 2012, 3:33:30 PM1/31/12

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http://epeus.blogspot.com/2012/01/qr-codes-bad-idea-or-terrible-idea.html

One brief mention in the comments of malicious QR codes, with a link
to a relevant article. (No mention of Rockford or Texas, yet.)

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Adam Funk

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Mar 7, 2012, 7:53:31 AM3/7/12

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/mar/07/qr-codes-tumblr-advertising

Most people look at a QR code and see "robot barf", but marketers
seem to think they are a must-have technology for their advertising
campaigns. In their minds, eager consumers wander around with their
smartphones, scanning square codes wherever they appear. As a
result, the codes appear just about everywhere, and often in some
really absurd places.

There seem to be a lot of QR codes in subway stations or on subway
cars, where there's usually no mobile signal – and without a signal
the codes are worthless. One of our first posts shows an ad in a
subway station that would require someone to climb down onto the
tracks, carefully avoiding the third rail and oncoming trains, to
scan the code.

etc...

and one of the comments says:

It's very easy to create your own QR codes, print them out and stick
them everywhere. They could say anything at all.

Just saying.

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Glenn Knickerbocker

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Mar 7, 2012, 7:12:04 PM3/7/12

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On 3/7/2012 7:53 AM, Adam Funk wrote:
> It's very easy to create your own QR codes, print them out and stick
> them everywhere. They could say anything at all.

Even easier if you know about http://zxing.appspot.com (where I assume
ZX rhymes with FedEx).

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Adam Funk

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Dec 10, 2012, 11:10:19 AM12/10/12

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Headline: That square QR barcode on the poster? Check it's not a
sticker

Cybercrooks are putting up stickers featuring URLs embedded in
Quick Response codes (QR codes) as a trick designed to drive
traffic to dodgy sites.
...
Security watchers have already seen spam messages pointing to URLs
that use embedded QR codes. Now crooks have gone one step further
by printing out labels and leaving them in well trafficked
locations.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/12/10/qr_code_sticker_scam/

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indeed, to Western civilization. Computer languages bring us
doorbells that chime with thirty-two tunes, alt.sex.bestiality, and
Tetris clones. (Stoll 1995)

Glenn Knickerbocker

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Dec 11, 2012, 8:56:20 PM12/11/12

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On 12/10/2012 11:10 AM, Adam Funk wrote:
> Headline: That square QR barcode on the poster? Check it's not a
> sticker

Thanks for reminding me I'd never gotten this online:

http://users.bestweb.net/~notr/gitu.gif

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Adam Funk

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Dec 12, 2012, 8:01:40 AM12/12/12

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I haven't got a smartypantsphone. What does it say?

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Glenn Knickerbocker

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Dec 12, 2012, 10:39:29 AM12/12/12

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On 12/12/2012 8:01 AM, Adam Funk wrote:
> I haven't got a smartypantsphone.

Thanks to ZXing, you don't need one!

http://zxing.org/w/decode?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnotr.no-ip.com%2Fgitu.gif

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