QR code images in macOS are silently executed in the background hours/days later

Re:QR code images in macOS are silently executed in the back... by aestetix on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @11:31AM (#33096869)

Or an "influencer" with many followers could post the barcode and create a DDoS attack.

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Re:QR code images in macOS are silently executed in the back... by sssilver on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @11:35AM (#33096920)

Only if the followers “save” the image into their photos, no?

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Re:QR code images in macOS are silently executed in the back... by aestetix on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @11:36AM (#33096931)

Ah, looks like I misunderstood. I thought that it was just seeing it in the web browser, period. So this is some kind of thumbnail gneration thing.

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Re:QR code images in macOS are silently executed in the back... by david422 on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @11:44AM (#33097041)

Might be cached though. Who knows if that could be picked up.

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