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Re:QR code images in macOS are silently executed in the back... by mixmastamyk on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @12:33PM (#33097672)
Hours/days later.
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Re:QR code images in macOS are silently executed in the back... by joshstrange on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @12:36PM (#33097741)
> Then I do a screen capture of the QR code, and save it. At that moment I see an http query to the ip.

The person they are replying to said it happened instantly in their test.

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Re:QR code images in macOS are silently executed in the back... by mixmastamyk on Wednesday October 05, 2022 @01:16PM (#33098377)
But not necessarily.
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