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Comment by c-fe | Hacker News Reader

DailyMail? Why are these low-effort articles posted on hacker news?

Also,

> Instead of taking you to an online menu or checkout, the links instantly download malware onto your device, stealing your location and personal information

How is that supposed to work? Specifically on iOS?

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There's unfortunately a large subset of HNers that find rags like DailyMail, New York Post, and ZeroHedge reputable. Makes it really important to check the source before engaging.

NYPost is in a liminal spot; for example, if it's saying something happened in NYC, that thing likely happened in NYC, in my experience. Its commentary on said event can likely be ignored if it's the kind of event that gets right-wing voters riled up, but it doesn't just make shit up. It's not Breitbart or something lol, and if the issue isn't a political hot topic, I don't know if one needs to avoid it

IIRC, you can put entire binaries in QRCodes, and some have shown this by putting the game 'snake' in a QRCodes, such that if you point your camera towards the QRCodes with the camera on, it will start the game automatically. Fun... but yes, potentially an avenue that can be misused.

I could only find a Windows executable: https://hackaday.com/2020/08/17/fitting-snake-into-a-qr-code...

Or one that runs in a browser: https://github.com/ingSlonik/QR-Snake

Opening a URL automatically would depend on how your camera/scanner app is configured.

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