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by jdoe1337halo 516 days ago
Hey I made this! Thanks for posting! I answered most questions in the r/webdev reddit thread but I will happily answer more questions here.
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Do you have a writeup of the technical details? How does this exploit (without reading the code and reverse engineering it)?
I'm not the author, but there's a brief explanation on the GitHub README:

(https://github.com/zacharyreese/DualQRCode)

The generator creates two separate QR codes with high error correction (Level H) and combines them into a single image using pixel splicing. Each cell that differs between the two QR codes is split in two, creating a pattern that can be interpreted differently based on the scanning angle.