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I didn't know my city was cool enough to put signal flyers.

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[–] Baguette@lemm.ee 145 points 4 months ago (15 children)

Cool but I wouldnt exactly trust a random qr code

[–] my_hat_stinks@programming.dev 90 points 4 months ago (11 children)

QR codes essentially just encode text, as long as you're using a sensible QR code reader and check any URLs before opening them there's minimal risk to scanning a QR code.

[–] TaviRider@reddthat.com 71 points 4 months ago (9 children)
[–] 4stringscooter@lemmy.ml 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Or xss/sqli/etc attacks on vulnerable sites that don't sanitize url query parameters

[–] 4stringscooter@lemmy.ml 14 points 4 months ago

Or maybe a fraudulent signal app.

I mean, generally speaking, just don't click on random links. This is a random link. Qr codes are valuable but we're conditioning society to just be cool with clicking on random shit without putting much thought into it.

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