[vmoore]

Web3 is hardly stupid (it's actually very clever). The name if off-putting more than anything. When I think of Web 3.0, I think of augmented reality, every physical thing having its own QR code which you can look up easily with a smartphone. And if the thing is too small, it could have a chip in it that communicates with NFC and you could learn more about your environment.

We're still sort of there, but the dream of QR & NFC codes for everything hasn't been fleshed out yet. Web 3.0 could also be simply an assortment of apps? I think we need more app stores, not the two monopolies we have currently (Play and Apple Store).

The dream of having everything happen in the browser could die if it wanted. No more trying to makes sites have an 'appy' feel which has been the main agenda for well over the last decade and a half now.

[rchaud]

QR codes are about the easiest possible attack vector for malware. Is there a decentralized malware scanner that I can pass the QR code through first?

[vmoore]

> QR codes are about the easiest possible attack vector for malware

It's up to Android and iOS (and others) to make sure QR codes are not an 'easy' attack vector.

Why should it be the case that sending an SMS with a (malware-loaded) bit.ly link takes over your phone?

If the phone OS does `principle of least privilege` and sandboxing, and other mitigations then the user should be fine.

[warkdarrior]

I think you and the author have completely different definitions of "web 3".