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I once saw fake captcha scam that reuired scaning QR code to infect device. It looks exactly like that.
I once made QR code stickers that placed people on a website warning them to stop trusting QR codes.
I spent a year traveling and everywhere I saw a QR code my sticker QR code went over it.
You target the right locations and spoof the website and you can get credit card, phone, email, address. Svan this QR code for 20% off blah blah blah.
Do use them.
Noticed parking meters here have prominent labels now stating they do not use QR codes. I'm sure that's just providing the spot to put the scam QR code, but it's better than nothing.
Sign: “Scan here for a trail map”
lemmylump: “I better vandalize this. Guys I’m tooootally helping people.”