Barcode scanner app on Google Play infects 10M users with one update

Re:Barcode scanner app on Google Play infects 10M users with... by the_only_law on Monday February 08, 2021 @12:41AM (#26061186)

I don’t think my past two phones (one Android, one iOS) have built in QR scanning, or at least it’s not very discoverable. No fun to have to find something in an App Store when it all looks like 7 year old malware.

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Re:Barcode scanner app on Google Play infects 10M users with... by srgpqt on Monday February 08, 2021 @12:43AM (#26061200)

You can point the builtin Camera app on iOS to any QR code, it will pick it up just fine.

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Re:Barcode scanner app on Google Play infects 10M users with... by astura on Monday February 08, 2021 @01:59AM (#26061568)

Same with Android

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Re:Barcode scanner app on Google Play infects 10M users with... by lstamour on Monday February 08, 2021 @01:00AM (#26061273)

On iOS, you can use the Camera app on your iPhone or enable the Code Scanner button on the Control Panel: https://support.apple.com/en-ca/guide/iphone/iphe8bda8762/io...

It would be interesting if Apple added support articles or how-to videos for built-in features to their App Store search results though…

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Re:Barcode scanner app on Google Play infects 10M users with... by other_herbert on Monday February 08, 2021 @12:45AM (#26061208)

Try your plain camera... this seems like such a hidden anti-feature though... no one I know has tried just the camera

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Re:Barcode scanner app on Google Play infects 10M users with... by shadowofneptune on Monday February 08, 2021 @01:16AM (#26061357)

I discovered this week when fooling around with QR code makers that the Android camera app, at least the one released on Samsung phones, does not read QR codes. That was very surprising to me.

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