Re: QR Code replacement for business card

From: Joe Hourclé <oneiros_at_nyob>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 18:36:13 -0500
To: CODE4LIB_at_LISTS.CLIR.ORG
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> On Nov 29, 2023, at 6:05 PM, Fitchett, Deborah <Deborah.Fitchett_at_lincoln.ac.nz> wrote:
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> Further on "The plethora of "free" code generators online are harvesting information":  is there a reliable way to check if a given QR code has tracking embedded inside it?
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> I've just tried generating a sample QR code for a URL from Chrome, Duckduckgo, and Some-Random-Internet-Site, then opening it in random online QR code decoders. The results returned *appear* to exactly and only the URL I entered ... but I want to check I'm not missing something.


That should be enough

The concern is when they send you through some intermediary website (which then redirects to the URL that you gave the generator)

-Joe
Received on Wed Nov 29 2023 - 17:56:57 EST