Concern regarding the safety of QR codes continues to grow as the codes become more popular with both businesses and consumers. Some codes have been found to link to malicious websites that download viruses smart phones, putting the owners personal information at risk. Privacy concerns do not stop at the codes themselves, however, as barcode reading applications can also access a user’s personal information and distribute it in a number of ways. The fact that these apps can access such data may make consumers weary of scanning QR codes. QR…
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