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minus-squarelagoon8622@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·15 hours agoI’m almost certainly wrong and dumb, but how does a QR code prevent gawking?
minus-squareGladaed@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·15 hours agoBy making filming annoying. Modern phones evaluate the code and give the option to follow the link with an info brochure
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·13 hours agoNow I understand why my GrapheneOS camera app makes me switch to a dedicated mode to scan QR codes.
minus-squareGladaed@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down5·13 hours agoOk, but maybe you shouldn’t optimize for recording injured, dying and dead people. It’s literally just a little bubble you click on with the link that would them open in a browser.
minus-squaregrue@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 hours agoIt’s optimizing for not letting any random QR code hijack the camera and web browser, whether it was on an ambulance or not.
I’m almost certainly wrong and dumb, but how does a QR code prevent gawking?
By making filming annoying. Modern phones evaluate the code and give the option to follow the link with an info brochure
Now I understand why my GrapheneOS camera app makes me switch to a dedicated mode to scan QR codes.
Ok, but maybe you shouldn’t optimize for recording injured, dying and dead people.
It’s literally just a little bubble you click on with the link that would them open in a browser.
It’s optimizing for not letting any random QR code hijack the camera and web browser, whether it was on an ambulance or not.