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Re:Enough with the QR Codes by Tooluka on Monday March 19, 2012 @08:44AM (#3723627)
But opening unknown URL IS dangerous. It's like URL shorteners that plague internet since Twitter - you never know where link will take you and what scripts etc. will run in your browser.
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Re:Enough with the QR Codes by dfxm12 on Monday March 19, 2012 @10:48AM (#3724144)
On my device (android with bar code scanner device), the experience is that I scan a QR code with a URL, it tells me that the QR code has a URL & shows me what the URL is, then gives me the option to visit the link.

Depending on if the URL is a shortened URL, it is just as safe or moreso than regular browsing.

Is your experience different from this?

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