Quishing is proving effective, too, with millions of people unknowingly opening malicious websites. In fact, 73% of Americans admit to scanning QR codes without checking if the source is legitimate.

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The Federal Trade Commission is warning Americans about a new scam that starts right at your front door. According to a recent alert from the FTC, the scam begins with fraudsters sending a mysterious ...

Everywhere you look at the South by Southwest conference this week, you see QR codes. The square “quick response” codes turn URLs, vCards, or any kind of text into a jumble of pixels that you can scan ...

QR codes have become embedded in daily life for many adults. Their spread was highlighted on Super Bowl Sunday, when a bouncing QR code on a brightly colored field occupied 30 seconds of very ...

The Federal Trade Commission is warning Americans about a new scam that starts right at your front door. According to a recent alert from the FTC, the scam begins with fraudsters sending a mysterious ...

Students have started a Change.org petition that claims the school's new policy “is unfairly preventing students from using the restroom" Getty A California high school has replaced hall passes with ...

QR codes have become an indispensable tool for quickly accessing online content. As a Samsung Galaxy smartphone user, you have the power to harness this technology with ease, thanks to your device’s ...

A Huntington Beach high school ditched hall passes and replaced them with QR codes, leaving some kids uneasy. "My opinion of this whole scanning into the bathroom is definitely unfair," Edison High ...

From their humble beginnings as tools for the automotive industry to being major players during the COVID-19 pandemic, QR codes have come a long way to become must-have tools for marketing and ...