Re:Encoding your WiFi access point password into a QR code
by zzyzxd on Saturday January 11, 2020 @12:47PM
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QR in China are different animals.
They are not generic QR codes, but encoded instructions to access specific in-app features in WeChat/AliPay. If you scan those special codes with generic QR readers, you get invalid URLs.
IMO this makes it even worse to use generic QR codes, because if a QR code cannot be parsed by WeChat/AliPay, most Chinese users do not know what to do with it.
They are not generic QR codes, but encoded instructions to access specific in-app features in WeChat/AliPay. If you scan those special codes with generic QR readers, you get invalid URLs.
IMO this makes it even worse to use generic QR codes, because if a QR code cannot be parsed by WeChat/AliPay, most Chinese users do not know what to do with it.