And the gold colored phones.Why do you think the 6 Plus was made?
And the gold colored phones.Why do you think the 6 Plus was made?
Can a QR do anything bad?
No, not unless there was an app specifically made to do that after you enter your payment info. QR codes scanned with the camera app can only take you to a website.
Considering how quick it is to do this and the versatility of the codes, this should have caught on a long time ago.
It doesn't "take you to a website" I suppose the right phrase would have been "directs you to a website".Being taken to an untrusted website that you may not have intended to visit should concern anyone that is the least bit concerned about security. "QR codes scanned with the camera app can only take you to a website" in the same way that a generic "click here" link in a phishing email can "only take you to a website".
Usually not much in the way of news over the weekends. So this would actually be "fast" compared to usual.Slow news this weekend?
This is useful for joining WiFi networks.
https://qifi.org/Could you give a tutorial?
Can a QR do anything bad?
I once created a text QR code and used it as a profile picture, when scanned, it said
"Thank you for your donation, your account has been debited accordingly"
Of course it was a joke, but could anything like that actually happen?
iOS 11 has been out for months. How is this just being posted? This was a big deal feature for iOS 11 and I have been using it happily since launch
I don't know if it is more dangerous then doing it manually - you just need to trust the network you try to connect to - it is the same if you would do it manually too.Thank you. That looks neat.. but seems dangerous, no?
Oh it’s not just Canadians everyone does itSeems to me you haven't been here long.
It's actually against the rules to correct someone on grammar/spelling.
Doesn't mean I don't agree with you, I too dislike the use of "of' instead of have, seems like a lot of Canadians which do this, sorry to Canadians if I am wrong.
I understand your position.
However... the fact that you use the camera to read QR Codes... I can see why they integrated it into the camera app. It does make sense. Think of the average user... not those of us who read tech forums.
I don't think QR Codes have taken off because you had to go to the App Store and search for some 3rd-party app. While not difficult... there's still an onboarding process.
And people might see a QR Code printed on a poster somewhere... but they might not even know that it's called a QR Code. Or what to search for in the App Store.
Maybe if Apple included their own, separate QR Code app it might have helped. I dunno.
Having said all that... there's one big question:
Are QR Codes still a thing? YES/NO
If yes... then having native functionality on the iPhone is great. It'll let people scan them with minimal effort.
Who knows... this might be the resurgence of the QR Code.
(does Android have native QR Code scanning?)
"Here at Apple we pride ourselves in the painstaking attention to detail. To ensure the highest quality of QR code capturing and processing, we deployed our digital imagery artisans to expertly craft each code to attain the high quality we require. Only when we were satisfied with the results did we deploy QR code scanning technology in our camera."Or more's the point, QR codes have been out for years. Why has it taken Apple this long to provide this functionality?
Yes. They are difficult to type, especially on a smartphone. That’s why hyperlinks were created.Android has automatically recognized qr codes with the camera app for several years. I do think Apple was hindering adoption by not doing the same thing, but are QR codes really that convenient? Is a website that hard to type in?
I'd love to have a QR code in my house for the (guest) wifi password when friends come to visit.
That would be useful for me. I have a guest network so I don’t want to share my credentials via the new iOS 11 feature. And my password for the guest network is long and somewhat complex.
Do you know of any programs for generating one? I see there are online programs but I don’t like sharing credentials with a website.
That is a great feature, but in this case, wouldn't that share the main network credentials and not those of the guest network?If you have guests over with iOS devices running iOS 11, you can just hold your iOS device next to theirs and it will ask if you want to share your wifi network's password with them. Pretty neat.
That is a great feature, but in this case, wouldn't that share the main network credentials and not those of the guest network?
If you have guests over with iOS devices running iOS 11, you can just hold your iOS device next to theirs and it will ask if you want to share your wifi network's password with them. Pretty neat.