Encoding your WiFi access point password into a QR code

Re:Encoding your WiFi access point password into a QR code by slim on Sunday December 29, 2019 @07:27AM (#21905548)

firefox preview has an embedded qrcode scanner

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Re:Encoding your WiFi access point password into a QR code by BiteCode_dev on Sunday December 29, 2019 @07:30AM (#21905556)

For url only. Qrcode are for much more than url.

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Re:Encoding your WiFi access point password into a QR code by vbezhenar on Sunday December 29, 2019 @10:52AM (#21906469)

You either use URL or custom app to scan Qrcode. You can't encode arbitrary data and expect universal reader being able to interpret it. And URL is actually good way to store small amounts of data, because you can launch web app to handle it and it's compatible with any device.

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Re:Encoding your WiFi access point password into a QR code by slim on Monday December 30, 2019 @05:08AM (#21912292)

you probably mean URI

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Re:Encoding your WiFi access point password into a QR code by slim on Sunday December 29, 2019 @07:35AM (#21905575)

I'm not sure it's only for urls

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