Quixoticgeek on Nostr: Years ago when I lived in Canterbury, they brought in a phone to pay thing for ...
Years ago when I lived in Canterbury, they brought in a phone to pay thing for parking. I wrote a letter to Canterbury city council saying this was a bad idea as someone could put a sticker over the phone number, and scam people for their credit card details. CCC said this wasn't a realistic attack, and they proceeded with the roll out.
The phone number is now a QR code.
And I was fucking right.
#BBC #News QR codes being used to exploit people as reports of scam grow https://w.st/UK9QH
Published at
2026-08-23 10:14:33 UTCEvent JSON
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