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Re:QR code images in macOS are silently executed in the back... by zimpenfish on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @12:11PM (#33097376)
I generated a QR code locally, saved it to Downloads; created a QR code online, downloaded it to Downloads; created a QR code online, downloaded it, added it to Photos, deleted it from Downloads immediately. Thus far, after 20 minutes, of those 3 QR codes with distinct URLs, not one has been hit by anything. Will keep monitoring though.
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Re:QR code images in macOS are silently executed in the back... by sleepybrett on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @12:50PM (#33098003)
My guess is that it's some part of the spotlight indexing process.
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Re:QR code images in macOS are silently executed in the back... by f1shy on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @12:58PM (#33098136)
mmmm now I'm trying again, but does not work... I will keep trying. For the record, before I did it 3 times in a row to be sure. But now it does not happen :S
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Re:QR code images in macOS are silently executed in the back... by _visgean on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @12:49PM (#33097985)
did you keep leave your computer idle? Afaik most of the photos functionality executes when the computer is plugged in and is not executing anything else..
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Re:QR code images in macOS are silently executed in the back... by zimpenfish on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @01:25PM (#33098483)
It was just plugged in and idle for 60 minutes. Still no URL activity but the QR code I saved to Photos has been synced to my iPhone and iPad (indicating that Photos scanning and syncing has, to some extent, happened.)
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