Post #1402223

2026-04-19 15:04 UTC

@raganwald @NudelnAlDente A local family run Mexican place with great food provides the option of paying with a QR code. I tried it and somewhere in the process a hidden app (forgot the name at the moment) was silently downloaded and installed on my iPhone without my knowledge or consent. Nope. I still eat there but only pay with credit card or cash.

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@DMTomas@mastodon.social 2026-04-19 15:47

@heafnerj @raganwald @NudelnAlDente I always have a thought, to replice some of them to lemonparty, goatsee or some other “internet safety basics visual learning tool” from the older ages - I never will, but I fantasise about it almost every time I’m in a place that pushes me to use qr codes….

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@raganwald@social.bau-ha.us 2026-04-19 16:34

@heafnerj “I tried it and somewhere in the process a hidden app (forgot the name at the moment) was silently downloaded and installed on my iPhone without my knowledge or consent.” That is incredibly bad. @NudelnAlDente

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@roguefoam@polymaths.social 2026-04-19 17:39

@heafnerj @raganwald @NudelnAlDente Was it Toast? I know they install App Clips (https://developer.apple.com/documentation/AppClip) when you pay by phone which is a weird system, but one that deletes itself after a short period.

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