For those who don’t know, it’s where someone takes a QR code like on a poster for a concert and puts a sticker with a different QR code on top to a fake website that looks like the concert website (or a Rick Roll).

The obvious answer is to scratch off the QR code if you notice it’s a sticker, but It’s not always acceptable -or legal- to start damaging stuff to check if it’s real or not. Also what if it’s out of reach on a sign or something?

You can’t put a little text under saying what the website is as a sort of checksum because the vandal can just write their own website under their sticker.

      • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        I work 7 days a week with 4 different jobs. I don’t have time to go out, much less have friends. But I have walked out of places and stopped in a gym signup process because they required a cell phone to use their service.

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      2 months ago

      “Sorry date/group of friends/family/work function, we can’t eat here. I don’t want to scan a QR code.”