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What's the deal with visible QR codes appearing on digital ads? (imgur.com)
1 points by yeahdef 1081 days ago
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yeahdef 1081 days ago
Found my answer: https://www.reddit.com/r/ios/comments/14hyn3n/pink_qrcode_li...

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/ios-ipados-release...

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tatumj 1081 days ago
I found a reddit thread which claims it's related to this bug in iOS 17 Beta 2: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/ios-ipados-release...
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yeahdef 1081 days ago
I have seen this a lot lately. I am curious to understand how these are used and/or what benefit they provide?
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Festro 1081 days ago
I've not seen this before. Looks more like visual artefacting from a graphics processing error to me on first glance.

Where was this specific ad? Might try to find one in the wild myself?

If it is a QR code it seems like maybe some kind of proprietary watermarking tech to track ads for some very specific purpose. My phone either can't lock onto it or can't read it.

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yeahdef 1081 days ago
I see them all the time. Here’s an example on drudgereport. https://imgur.com/a/hOl9x2m

I am using an iPhone 13 browsing via chrome. iOS 17.0

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yeahdef 1081 days ago
Also occurs in safari
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mattl 1081 days ago
What happens if you take a photo of the ad? Does it takes you to the website?
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rolph 1081 days ago
drive by exploits
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