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Almost three-quarters of Americans (73%) scan QR codes without verification, and more than 26 million have already been directed to malicious sites, according to NordVPN.
The FTC warned earlier this year about scanning QR codes on unexpected packages.
New York City’s Department of Transportation issued a warning that scammers are posting QR codes on parking meters that are not legitimate payment links.
Please note: Le source is le NordVPN
Just saying:
The statistic can not be applied to the wider population, since People who use such Services on a day to day Basis are usually the same ones who believe the lies NordVPN is throwing at them.
It would be like going to a ecstasy dealer and asking them how many people like drugs. Of course they will answer everyone, first because they have an incentive to advertise their services (nord advertises their VPN + Antivirus for blocking Malware) and even if they try to be neutral, they just don’t have the data, since people who go to a Dealer are likely to like drugs, the same way people who believe Nord are the same ones who are likely to fall for such things
It really does irk me that they pretend their service makes the internet safer for their users.
They have a good product in their VPN+Meshnet, but it wouldn’t have nearly the broad appeal it does if they were honest about it.