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Not just that, random folks can send you media through multiple ways & you could get embroiled unnecessarily too, innocuous QR code might automatically download an image if your apps are configured that way.



>innocuous QR code might automatically download an image

Just a few days ago at DEF CON some presenter had been going around with the EICAR test string in a QR code and having fun with all the forced AV hits that can cause.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIcbAMO6sxo

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EICAR_test_file




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