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Hezbollah Says Israel Dropping Leaflets with 'Very Dangerous' Barcodes in Lebanon(therealnews.com)

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Dem Bosain@midwest.social
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I would really like to see this dangerous barcode. I assume something like that would just be a website QR code.

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aaaaaaadjsf [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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From what I’ve seen, it’s a QR code that links to a website which logs your IP address, along with other details.

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Majestic@lemmy.ml
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Probably for targeted (or not so) hacking attacks. Heck might be a zero-day attack-kit on the web-page (probably geo-locked to the region).

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boydster@sh.itjust.works
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I sure hope no one shares that link, leading to a subsequent spike in traffic and possibly taking the site down as a result. That would be a really shameful thing to see happen.

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Hyacin (He/Him)@lemmy.ml
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Not to mention the data corruption since the visitors would no longer be limited to the target area!

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GenkiFeral@lemmy.ml
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if it automatically goes to that website and the website downloads malware to your device, well, I wonder… Certainly trackers could be put on you that way. I am convinced that is why TAILS makes you go to their website before it allows you to go to the Dark Web or Tor.

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