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China's Big Tech companies taught Asia to pay by scanning QR codes, but made a mess along the way

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A push for interoperability is accelerating, but maybe not fast enough to stop biometrics taking over

https://www.theregister.com/2024/06/17/asia_qr_code_obsession/

 

In the comments are some perspectives from US/European commentards.

Security considerations for QR codes

https://www.cyber.gc.ca/en/guidance/security-considerations-qr-codes-itsap00141

 

Certificate Authentication by Embedding Blockchain Technology Patterns Into QR Codes

https://proofeasy.io/making-blockchain-encrypted-qr-codes/

Use QR codes anywhere and kiss your privacy good bye forever.  It is the ultimate government control over you.

Cue all the paranoids that think anyone cares about their lives enough to spy on them. 

5 hours ago, koolkarl said:

Use QR codes anywhere and kiss your privacy good bye forever.  It is the ultimate government control over you.

 

Please explain 

Hope payment by QR codes will always remain optional, because I’ve never scanned a QR code and would have no idea how to. It’s just plastic or cash for me.

13 hours ago, JayClay said:

 

Please explain 

Good old JayClay ...not the smartest fish in the tank are you son?

3 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

Good old JayClay ...not the smartest fish in the tank are you son?

 

No I'm clearly very stupid.

 

So please, being the technical expert that you are, could you explain using a QR code for payments using your banking app is a privicy risk.

Using QR codes as a shortcut to access some website should never be done. Using QR codes for financial transactions by your banking app is totally safe as the app ensures the integrity of the code and you're informed who the recipient is before you ok it. 

 

 

18 hours ago, JayClay said:

 

Please explain 

When u use your phone to pay anything, what you buy, where and how much you pay, is stored in a gov. computer forever.  They can even use this info to get an idea of your annual income, etc. Your privacy is gone forever.

59 minutes ago, gargamon said:

Using QR codes as a shortcut to access some website should never be done

 

True, if you don't trust the source.

 

Of course, the same thing applies when clicking a link in an email. It's not the technology that's the issue...

Just now, koolkarl said:

When u use your phone to pay anything, what you buy, where and how much you pay, is stored in a gov. computer forever.  They can even use this info to get an idea of your annual income, etc. Your privacy is gone forever.

 

Please explain further how a QR code details what you buy?

 

Where you buy.... Well the bank knows know who's account you sent money to and when, but the same is true of debit and credit card transactions. 

QR Code is just text displayed as an image which can easily be read by computers.

It can be used like any other text.

 

Just try it. It's no link, it's no payment, it's harmless text.

 

Create your own here: https://www.the-qrcode-generator.com/

 

12 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

QR Code is just text displayed as an image which can easily be read by computers.

It can be used like any other text.

 

Just try it. It's no link, it's no payment, it's harmless text.

 

Create your own here: https://www.the-qrcode-generator.com/

 

 

Nice. I was going to go more meta with my QR code, but I like Thailand too!

 

 

5 hours ago, koolkarl said:

When u use your phone to pay anything, what you buy, where and how much you pay, is stored in a gov. computer forever.  They can even use this info to get an idea of your annual income, etc. Your privacy is gone forever.

 

why do you think anyone in “the government” cares about your boring life.

 

why are there so many paranoid technophobes on here