Gizmodo

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

A popular app has been removed from Google Play after it was discovered to have delivered trojanized malware onto millions of users’ phones via an update. Read more.

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Gizmodo

APRIL 6, 2022

Google recently booted over a dozen apps from its Play Store—among them Muslim prayer apps with 10 million-plus downloads, a barcode scanner, and a clock—after researchers discovered secret data-harvesting code hidden within them. Creepier still, the clandestine code was engineered by a company linked to a Virginia… Read more.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 19, 2023

Thanks to cloud, Internet of Things (IoT), and 5G technologies, every link in the retail supply chain is becoming more tightly integrated. In keeping with the farm-to-fork movement, for example, consumers can scan a barcode to find out where a product originated and what cycles it went through before landing on the grocery store shelf.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 18, 2022

These new tools depend on data being collected, often using small sensors and other devices – the so-called Internet of Things (IoT). That data needs to be sent to processing engines that can use the data to make split second decisions. All those interactions rely on the ability to send and receive data in real time.

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Gizmodo

JANUARY 12, 2022

Phishing schemes already litter the internet, and now they’re coming for our parking meters, too. San Antonio police were first to warn locals about the scam, which targets people trying to pay for their parking ticket via QR code. Authorities say people have started plastering their own QR codes onto the machines,… Read more.

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Gizmodo

JULY 26, 2021

If you’ve returned to the restaurants and bars that have reopened in your neighborhood lately, you might have noticed a new addition to the post-quarantine decor: QR codes. Everywhere. And as they’ve become more ubiquitous on the dining scene, so has the quiet tracking and targeting that they do. Read more.

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Gizmodo

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The QR code is having an extended moment, given that we’re all still wary of dealing with physical documents, touching surfaces, and generally interacting with the world at large. The switch to digital for everything from tickets to menus has been accelerated, and QR codes are a simple and convenient option for… Read more.

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