What's inside the QR code menu at this cafe?
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#182I am confused, they didn't contact the company at all and just disclose this publicly? Very immature handling of a vulnerability finding.
The author says "I refuse to believe they’re unaware of this. This doesn’t feel like an oversight, it's either a deliberate design decision or they just don't care." Agree that this is an uncharitable way of looking at it.
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#183Earlier quoted context omitted.
This seems less like a "manual for attack" and more like tweeting that your local storage unit rental never puts locks on their garages and gates and "anyone could just walk in and out".
To expand your analogy can you see the difference between: "A storage unit I know of never uses locks" and "The storage unit at 1234 Central Boulevard, San Andreas never uses locks, just wiggle the door a bit and it'll open." I think most people would acknowledge there's a big difference.
Yea sure it is a difference, but for me not outrageously immoral. I guess you can get in trouble though.
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#184Why was this blog removed?
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#185Why was this blog removed?
Maybe someone from the company behind the API got in contact with him.
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#186> Is this what the peak ordering experience looks like? Call me old-fashioned, but to me the peak experience is a paper menu to choose from, and a waiter that patiently takes the order. Far prefer that to everyone at the table fiddling on their phones in some weird-ass website or even god forbid custom app.
Completely agree. And it also allows opportunities for customization. Custom paper, cutting, presentation etc. Whereas on the phone, it's usually just a PDF or some responsive website.
A real waiter also allows for a human connection to be created. Experienced waiters (rather than part timers) can really help you make an order, give you recommendations etc. which makes the experience of dining out much nicer.
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#187Earlier quoted context omitted.
Have to disagree with this. At a group meet-up where everyone arrives at different times and wants their order to come shortly after they do, a digital system is so much better. These type of meetups are quite common as a parent.
> where everyone arrives at different times and wants their order to come shortly after they do Good god man! At a social meal, we eat together; children included as this is how they learn to socialise. One would be a little concerned and puzzled if arriving for a meal, one finds others have already eaten.
>children included as this is how they learn to socialise
Ummm... When was the last time you were out in public? I hate to break it to you but this doesn't happen, ever; if I see a kid in a restaurant they are pretty much always watching iPads. If they aren't watching an iPad they certainly aren't learning to socialize, because iPad-less kids in restaurants are almost always allowed to misbehave and be disruptive or even destructive.
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#188Earlier quoted context omitted.
My main beef with these menus is that I can't see the entire menu on my phone screen, and end up scrolling up and down multiple times before I can decide what I want to order. With a paper menu my eyes can flick up and down much faster. It's like trying to edit spreadsheets on a phone - technically possible but a real pain in the arse.
At least the screen is only touced by you. My peril are the touch screen ordering places (practically all fast food places nowadays) where based on their outlook hygienically challanged persons swipe their fingers up and down for long before you have a chance following them. There is an icecream place opened nearby I had no chance trying because they only have touchscreen order. Guys at the till only serve icecream a…
I use my knuckle for that, because I'm much less likely to touch my food or face with it later. Same goes for e.g. elevator buttons.
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#190Earlier quoted context omitted.
In Japan, many chains are using tablets for their menu, and you can order through that. That's much better than having to pull whatever from a QR code.
I Japan, with their obsession about cleanliness, I can imagine that those tablets are thorougly wiped between each customer. But not in other countries.
Same would apply to paper menus, though? At least it's easier to notice on glossy tablet screens.