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[-] Sabata11792@kbin.social 5 points 11 months ago

An unreadable box us a lot harder the read than scamMyAss.ru

[-] darkan15@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

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.

[-] Nollij@sopuli.xyz 6 points 11 months ago

It's also pretty easy to disguise the malicious part. For instance, hxxp://LegitimateBusiness.com@ScamMyAss.com

(Hoping that didn't get blocked as spam)

On many apps, that would truncate somewhere around the .com

[-] phx@lemmy.ca 3 points 11 months ago

Or just legitbusiness-online-order[.]com

[-] agraves@lm.possum.city 2 points 11 months ago

Thankfully a lot of browsers already detect and block this behavior

[-] Sabata11792@kbin.social 2 points 11 months ago

But let’s be honest most people don’t know or don’t even bother and that’s the real problem.

100% they see the code and assume it can't be mean.

[-] circuscritic@lemmy.ca 8 points 11 months ago

I clicked your link and provided my banking details. When do I get my PS5?

[-] Sabata11792@kbin.social 4 points 11 months ago

Right away, but it shipped to my house.

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