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Hezbollah Says Israel Dropping Leaflets with 'Very Dangerous' Barcodes in Lebanon (therealnews.com)

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[–] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

From what I've seen, it's a QR code that links to a website which logs your IP address, along with other details.

[–] Majestic@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 month ago

Probably for targeted (or not so) hacking attacks. Heck might be a zero-day attack-kit on the web-page (probably geo-locked to the region).

[–] boydster@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I sure hope no one shares that link, leading to a subsequent spike in traffic and possibly taking the site down as a result. That would be a really shameful thing to see happen.

[–] hyacin@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

Not to mention the data corruption since the visitors would no longer be limited to the target area!