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		raverbashing on Aug 21, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I just left 200 fake parking tickets at YC Demo Da... Yes I do have a smartphone No I will not install an app to install another app Also, a QR code is opaque. What it will do? Open a page? Install what app? Compromise my cell phone with premium dialing sw?

cheald on Aug 21, 2012 [–]

QR codes contain nothing but text. Any barcode scanner app is going to ask what you want to do with what it found. It's not like pointing your phone in the wrong direction is going to give it malware.

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