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Re: Show HN: Scan QR codes to check in guests registered via Google Forms

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Post by chickenpotpie »

onetimeuse92304 wrote: post #16

The issue is, at least for me, I consider all QR codes as unsafe. Unfortunately, you don't know where the QR code leads you before you scan it and then it is already too late. So you can't do the equivalent of inspecting the link before you click it. Recently we were in a restaurant which required scanning a QR code to get served (for some reason asian restaurants like doing this). The codes were labels attached to t…

IMO this is paranoid behavior and not healthy. Part of existing in society is having reasonable trust that just because someone can take advantage of you in a moment, doesn't mean they're going to. You're getting in an argument with a server because of your fear that a local hacker printed out a sticker, walked into your local restaurant, seamlessly put the sticker onto the table, didn't get caught, you just happened to sit at the exact table they picked, and whatever vulnerability they're trying to exploit is compatible with the exact device you have. Thats not going to happen.

Scan the QR code, dude.

Re: Show HN: Scan QR codes to check in guests registered via Google Forms

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Post by hnlmorg »

dylan604 wrote: post #58
hnlmorg wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dude chill out. we are just having a discussion. That’s literally the point of forums. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Again, you've lost the plot. Now, you're no longer even discussing anything but referencing the rules . what discussion are you actually wanting to have, because you've now changed it 3 times

I’ve consistently been talking about how QR codes are not dangerous. The last post was just asking for you to tone down the ad hominem attacks.

I’m happy to discuss QR codes with yourself but I only if you can be civil. Otherwise why would I want to chat further if you’re just going to be rude in all of your comments?

Re: Show HN: Scan QR codes to check in guests registered via Google Forms

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Post by [deleted] »

dylan604 wrote: post #58
hnlmorg wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Dude chill out. we are just having a discussion. That’s literally the point of forums. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Again, you've lost the plot. Now, you're no longer even discussing anything but referencing the rules . what discussion are you actually wanting to have, because you've now changed it 3 times

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Re: Show HN: Scan QR codes to check in guests registered via Google Forms

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Post by kybernetyk »

onetimeuse92304 wrote: post #16

The issue is, at least for me, I consider all QR codes as unsafe. Unfortunately, you don't know where the QR code leads you before you scan it and then it is already too late. So you can't do the equivalent of inspecting the link before you click it. Recently we were in a restaurant which required scanning a QR code to get served (for some reason asian restaurants like doing this). The codes were labels attached to t…

Aren't there apps that just show the embedded text inside a QR instead of just opening the URL in a browser?
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