Regular QR scanners just decode the code and send you to whatever link is behind it, no questions asked. Secure QR scanners, on the other hand, check the destination for safety before you ever land on ...

Apps Scan.me solves the QR code dilemma by delivering a simple, beautiful experience February 23, 2012 - 9:21 am It would be easy to say that QR codes kind of suck and leave it at that.

TECH How to scan a QR code with your iPhone or Android phone (no apps needed) QR codes are those pixelated squares you see in restaurants, advertisements, stores, food packaging, business cards ...

An estimated 11M households in the U.S. will scan a QR code this year and the majority of them, 71%, will not know if it is the start of a malicious hack.

But really, anytime there is a QR code, the tell-tale sign on if it's real is in the details. "You can scan the code, but you need to pay close attention to what that URL is.

We don't know for sure that Snapchat's new QR codes were based on the Scan.me's tech — but it seems a pretty safe bet. So far, the early reception to it on Twitter has been roundly positive.

The most impressive thing about Scan is that it, as a humble QR code app, has raised over $1.7 million in seed funding from, wait for it, Shervin Pishevar via Menlo Ventures, Google Ventures ...

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