QR Codes - Their Workings, Their Insecurity

Bhavesh Naik reports how QR codes work -- and how they can be used to hack your smartphone.

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QR Codes

Meredith Farkas discusses the value of QR codes to help library users discover electronic resources.

The problem with such device-centered technology is that a code that links to a database is, to the naked eye, indistinguishable from a code that leads to a security threat. Farkas calls QR codes a "stop gap solution" (para. 6), and I would be hesitant to spend much time deploying this technology.

-DD

QR Codes

Carol Walker, a Scottish educator, shares examples of how QR codes are used in higher education in a video developed in late 2010:

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