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Re: Can you get malware on your phone scanning QR code?
by
rodskee
on 26/12/2023, 11:44:11 UTC
I ONLY use "old" 2G GSM and 3G UMTS mobile phones which means I DO NOT USE "smart phones" which means that I am 100% safe from malwares, viruses etc etc etc...

*happy me*   Grin
If you are serious about this?? then you are a legend  Cheesy but I doubt this is real because
you need to have access to some sites also that needs smart phones or at least Iphones

like others or many of us suggest , better to have extra phones for browser this is the
only way we will be safer from those hacking and scamming .
Technically yes and more likely possible if you choose to scan a QR code found on a random web page but you are less likely to be exposed to such malware if you scan a QR to pay vendors or restaurants and typically you will scan the QR code via the money paying app which will tell you that the QR code is a valid address and if not it gives you invalid that is what the security measures inbuilt in those apps.
at least now it is clearer for everyone to never scan unless they have no crypto
on those phones they uses.