I don’t have a smartphone and I keep running into more and more of these QR codes. If I, as a citizen, am required to get a smartphone for these QR codes, to do citizen-like things, then it should be a utility and prices for hardware and services should come way down.
My entry level job requires that I use 3 separate apps. How do you get around that?
In china it’s the norm. And I was feeling the same way, until I realized china takes way better care of its citizens vs USA. Everything is convenient, healthcare, etc.
This YouTuber goes into pretty good daily life of avg Chinese users.
Just like they did with automobiles!
That’s actually a really good point! 🤔
Yeah I’m not picking up my phone to use your website. Bye.
Yes, I “like” the surprises scanning a unknown QR code. I hate this crap, same as this short URLs, it’s not different from clicking on shady ad banners. A trustworth website don’t need this shit, hiding its domain.
The QR code point to https://recaptcha.net/qr/mMs9S9g8
Your QR code scanner showns you the URL before you choose to open it, right? So I don’t really get the comparison to short URLs. As with any normal link, you get to see the link before you choose to “click” the QR code after you scan it.
I just scanned it and now the entire nation of Bangladesh has my phone number
Congrats on your million dollars though!
Isn’t scanning random QR codes super risky? This is just begging to be abused…
Absolutely
I would assume this was trying to deliver malware if I ever saw it
Probably still is. Scan it and let us know if you get malware.
It’s goes to recapt cha.net/qr/mMs9S9g8
(Space addes to break the link.)
Sure, I’ll prove I’m human… [closes tab]
Ah yes, my very real human ability of scanning QR codes. Truly an inherent characteristic of humanity.
That’s what google’s been using to lockout non official Android forks like GrapheneOS. You can click on the eye icon at the bottom to get the regular captcha though… for now.
How does it stop those from scanning it?
Oh you can scan it, but as I recall they then force you to put your phone number in to finish the process.
Ffs
If you click the eye icon at the bottom you can go back the original captcha. For now at least.
Also I have no idea why archive.is uses reCAPTCHA from google! You’ve set up monaro as your only donation system so clearly you care about privacy but you haven’t implemented an open source captcha?
Send an email to their webmaster if you haven’t already. The more of us, the better.
These are so useless. A barrier that is likely already broken by bots.
crosspost it to
c/actually_infuriatingSo it begins.
Good thing that everyone has a smartphone as a secondary device. God forbid you would not be able to scan a QR code, what are we, the middle ages?!?! (and I’m not even starting on the absurdity of why you would want to do it, that’s another point)
