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Re:An impersonator issued a fake Reddit take down notice aga... by dec0dedab0de on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @02:30PM (#27824417)
I have a CAT s61, it comes with it's own camera app. I used to be able to do it with the camera app on previous phones that I broke, which is why I got a rugged phone. (also the IR camera and laser pointer.) I would just install one, but at a glance, all of the QR code apps seem like scams, and I haven't cared enough to do any research.
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Re:An impersonator issued a fake Reddit take down notice aga... by namibj on Tuesday July 13, 2021 @02:47PM (#27824627)
good-old `ZXing` ( https://github.com/zxing/zxing ) does the job for me nicely, supports non-QR codes, and contains practically zero BS. The only downside IMO is the forcefully-narrowed scan window, which can cause complications with extremely large QR codes, as the pixels get a little blurry and decoding gets harder for the software.

Edit: you can find it on Fdroid or probably on the project site/page. It's not getting updates, but why would my QR scanner need those, anyways..... also Google doesn't want it to be published anymore, iirc due to it using relatively ancient APIs.

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