That is good to know. I felt like crap when my friend told me that the using most QR codes weren’t safe to use as they give the host access to some of your phones data and I felt dumb for not knowing…
That is good to know. I felt like crap when my friend told me that the using most QR codes weren’t safe to use as they give the host access to some of your phones data and I felt dumb for not knowing…
Serinus@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Nah, don’t feel bad about it. I had to think about it a bit and I’m a developer.
Your camera app could potentially harvest the url, but unless you’re using a weird third party camera app, I think that’s quite unlikely for now.
Google and Apple have other ways to get the same data. Is your default browser chrome or safari? They’d get the same data from opening a link and having it in your browser history. There’s no reason for getting the same data from your camera app in a way that would make (tech) headlines.
TruTollTroll@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I’m chrome… sadly… but only on my phone cause it’s through boost mobile and it’s moto G stylus phone… so I am lucky android stuff even work on it… but it’s still kinda of sketchy and I was not gonna be surprised if it was true QR codes were accessing my data because of the phone type I use