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What are some creative uses for barcodes (usually QR Codes)? (wikipedia.org)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by Amicchan@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I feel that barcodes (usually QR Codes) are underutilized; I forgot about them until I saw this post.

I think barcodes could potentially be used to quickly transmit preset information to war victims.
They could be used to transmit information on platforms that censor: Sharing Lemmy posts on Reddit (even though it's currently redundant due to federation). (I just thought of this.)

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[–] greenkat@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i unfortunately don't have the link on hand, but i once saw this video of a pentesting team doing data exfiltration with qr codes. they converted the file to base64, split it into chunks that would be easy to scan on a phone, converted the base64 to a qr code, and took a video with their phone to reassemble later.

[–] electrodynamica@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I once saw a demonstration when qr codes were new where they actually made video qr codes. It was like a modem but with video instead of audio. I don't recall the bitrate but it was high enough to be useful.

(It was used to demonstrate exfiltrating from an airgapped computer)