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submitted 23 hours ago by new_otters_raft@piefed.ca to c/canada@lemmy.ca

I was going to post this in !britishcolumbia@lemmy.ca, but this is likely a national / international problem.

City officials say the QR codes were not authorized by either the municipality or its mobile payment provider, PayByPhone. While the stickers appeared to advertise a convenient way to pay for parking, they actually redirected drivers to a fraudulent site.

I guess it's best to either use the machine (while jiggling the card reader), or you keep the official app pre-installed on your device

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[-] new_otters_raft@piefed.ca 6 points 20 hours ago

In Vancouver, I almost always see both a physical machine and the app/website options.

It might even be helpful to do away with QR codes altogether and slowly teach people to not scan random QR codes when paying.

A sign saying "Watch out for scams, do not scan any QR codes" + a visual 🚫 symbol would make it a lot harder for these scams to work

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