Don’t click that QR code!
Sometimes when we start seeing something nearly everywhere we go, we assume that “somebody” has checked it out and it’s therefore safe to use. Not so, at least in the case of those QR codes we’re seeing all over.
QR codes (short for quick-response codes) are those little squares with black squiggles in them, machine-readable codes buried in the lines of the little box.The idea is that you hold your phone over them and all the information hidden in the code will pop up for you to read.You’ll spot these QR codes everywhere now: a menu posted on the door of a restaurant, a magazine ad, a factsheet with an item that you’re considering purchasing, fliers put under windshield wipers in parking lots, a package delivered to your house...even on TV ads!
