Re: Recognising (or not) QR codes

Stefan Ram wrote:

   Letting stuff run without the user doing anything is risky,
   kind of like letting macros go off in a doc file as soon as you
   open it. Imagine if every time you downloaded an exe, it just ran
   right away. That would be a nightmare!
    So, if that's actually how QR codes work, that needs to be
   fixed. When you scan a QR, it should just show you the text
   and let you copy it if you want. If you decide to open it
   as a URI, that should be your call.

Despite what Vanguard said, I'm not aware of any QR app that automatically visits a URL, or connects to a wifi SSID, or calls a phone number *just* because you scanned one of those types of QR code ... it's akin to saying mice are dangerous because you can click links with a mouse.