Ask HN: What's a security risk you think people should be more aware of?
Here's mine: QR codes. They're a terrible idea, especially when there's no URL attached. They remove someone's ability to verify that yes, this is the correct site, and are easy to bypass - a scammer can literally just put a different QR code over the intended one, and ta-da! Done.
Why it failed
Here's mine: QR codes. They're a terrible idea, especially when there's no URL attached. They remove someone's ability to verify that yes, this is the correct site, and are easy to bypass - a scammer can literally just put a different QR code over the intended
- Kind
- startup
- Status
- Shut down
- Inventor
- Yawrehto
- Ended
- 2024
- Source
- hackernews