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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: A Serious Bitcoin Security Warning!!!
by
nankers
on 24/10/2019, 18:38:53 UTC
Here's another privacy issue and extra-carefulness is always needed!
There are a lot of people who use QR codes to share different data (also to share bitcoin or other cryptos) from their smartphones and the article below states the risks of using QR codes.  

https://www.forbes.com/sites/billybambrough/2019/09/12/researchers-have-issued-a-serious-bitcoin-qr-code-warning/#3254ef2c6d12
many ways for hackers to try to steal crypto assets that we have. the basic principle is that we think of 1 or 2 security steps, whereas hackers think of 10 or 20 hacking steps. the simple prevention that I have been applying is only accuracy. I always check the compatibility of QR codes and wallet addresses when sending bitcoin or altcoin