QR codes are those square barcode-looking things that when scanned by your iPhone 16 Pro, Galaxy S25 Ultra or any other phone ...

Tap this link to head to the website or app page the QR code is pointing to. What happens next will depend on the code: it might take you to a menu page for a restaurant, for example, or to a ...

Nerd-sniped by [Guy Dupont], who made them using those lenticular lens overlays, [Christian] made a QR code that resolves to two websites depending on the angle at which it’s viewed. The trick ...

For example: One particularly sneaky appearance of bad QR codes is as additions to legitimate ... searching for a restaurant or service’s website on a known search engine).

QR codes are everywhere – from restaurant menus to package tracking. But where there is innovation, there are criminals exploiting them for fraud. QR codes are now being used by ...

but the QR codes direct people to impersonation websites that are often just one letter off. For example, rather than being sent to PayByPhone, drivers trying to pay using the fake QR codes are ...

QR codes have been with us for a long time now, and after passing through their Gardenesque hype cycle of inappropriate usage, have now settled down to be an important and ubiquitous part of life.