ere’s a familiar scenario. You’re going to a meeting in an unfamiliar part of town. You’re running late and it’s raining. And there isn’t a car park in sight. Ah, but here’s some on-street parking and you gratefully pull into the empty bay. Now all you have to do is pay for a couple of hours and then scuttle along to your meeting. But the parking meter no longer takes coins. This is the 21st century, after all.
Er, possibly. Or possibly not. Because you were flustered, you probably didn’t take a close look at the QR code. Was it an integral part of the payment instructions issued by the local council? Or had it been pasted over the official QR code? If it’s the latter, then you’ve been scammed.tells her story on his blog
In the past few years, QR codes have become ubiquitous. It’s now nearly impossible to board a plane without having a code on your phone, for example. Likewise, an increasing number of rail passengers have them instead of paper tickets. The imperative to go contactless during Covid really. Want to see the menu in a restaurant? Just scan a QR code.
The codes are essentially two-dimensional barcodes, but have the advantage that they can carry a lot more information than their linear cousins. So they’re genuinely useful. And so, so seductively convenient.QR Code Generator