Episode

QR Code Security

Podcast: NSF’s Discovery Files Podcast
Published: May 5, 2025
Duration seconds: 1089
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Summary

QR codes are scanned every day for restaurant menus, parking payments or flight boarding passes, but malicious users can take advantage of the technology for phishing and other criminal activities. Gaurav Sharma and Irving Barron, professors at the University of Rochester, discuss QR code technology and how their research makes it safer.