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An unreadable box us a lot harder the read than scamMyAss.ru
QR is just image to text, most QR reading apps I have used, show you the QR content before going to the website (or let you disable opening the link directly) so you should be able to check the URL or content and see if the link is legit or not.
But let’s be honest most people don’t know or don’t even bother and that’s the real problem.
It’s also pretty easy to disguise the malicious part. For instance, hxxp://[email protected]
(Hoping that didn’t get blocked as spam)
On many apps, that would truncate somewhere around the .com
Thankfully a lot of browsers already detect and block this behavior
Or just legitbusiness-online-order[.]com
I clicked your link and provided my banking details. When do I get my PS5?
So the issue isn’t QR codes, but people being unable to recognize scammers additions to public infrastructure and the websites being scams. Basically, it’s the same principle as scammers sticking an additional device on top of cash machines.
No news here.
I agree, people don’t really pay attention or bother to read about stuff like How to check if a QR code is safe. Honestly, I’ve been dealing with QR codes for quite a while, and I still occasionally spend time looking things up, reading about quishing, and whatever new scam/term appears.
