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QR code security update needed, says Quick Response code creator

09/03/201909/03/2019 Jennifer Goula

QR code security - Smartphone with QR code

Japanese engineer, Masahiro Hara, vows to strengthen the safety of the system. Hara, the creator of the 2D code, says that improved QR code security is needed since it has become so popular and is now being widely used as he hadn’t expected for various applications all over the globe. Now that it is a worldwide multipurpose application utilized in a variety of fields, including cashless payments via smartphones, Hara wants to strengthen the safety of the system. The QR Code is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2019. The quick…

QR codes implemented in unique way by Barneys New York

12/27/201212/27/2012 Jennifer Goula

The clever smartphone barcodes can be found in the display windows of the Ginza location in Tokyo. The Barneys New York store location in Tokyo’s world renowned luxury shopping district called Ginza, has been running a holiday season store display that uses QR codes in a highly unique new way. The design was created by Simon Doonan, a display expert who has been with the company for 25 years. What Doonan managed to do over this season was to develop a display that would incorporate the QR codes through a…