@noerdman@discuss.tchncs.de to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 days agoQuishingdiscuss.tchncs.deimagemessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up1481arrow-down17file-text
arrow-up1474arrow-down1imageQuishingdiscuss.tchncs.de@noerdman@discuss.tchncs.de to Comic Strips@lemmy.worldEnglish • 10 days agomessage-square53fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink29•edit-29 days agoFind yourself a QR scanner that gives you a preview of what the code is before sending you to the open web. I like this one, found it on F-droid. “QR Scanner (PFA)” https://github.com/SecUSo/privacy-friendly-qr-scanner For example, the QR code sirico@feddit.uk posted (it can scan from a saved picture too) shows me this;
minus-square@yonder@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink11•9 days agoWait, do normie phone, just, instantly open an untrusted website? The camera on LineageOS has a “scan” mode where it shows the data of scanned QR codes before you make an action.
minus-square@Maggoty@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink9•edit-29 days agoThey show you a tiny pop up with some of the URL. Not all of it. You click that and it goes right to it.
minus-square@helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink7•edit-28 days agoYup, modern security at its finest. Normie’s don’t stand a chance. I wish email clients would do something similar, especially for Formatted links. Open up a big popup that shows the full sender address, the full link, and underline/color any numbers so its clear AMAZ0N.com is b.s.
minus-square@Gobbel2000@programming.devlinkfedilink1•8 days agoFairEmail for Android shows a popup with the actual link.
Find yourself a QR scanner that gives you a preview of what the code is before sending you to the open web.
I like this one, found it on F-droid. “QR Scanner (PFA)” https://github.com/SecUSo/privacy-friendly-qr-scanner
For example, the QR code sirico@feddit.uk posted (it can scan from a saved picture too) shows me this;
Wait, do normie phone, just, instantly open an untrusted website? The camera on LineageOS has a “scan” mode where it shows the data of scanned QR codes before you make an action.
They show you a tiny pop up with some of the URL. Not all of it. You click that and it goes right to it.
Yup, modern security at its finest. Normie’s don’t stand a chance.
I wish email clients would do something similar, especially for Formatted links.
Open up a big popup that shows the full sender address, the full link, and underline/color any numbers so its clear AMAZ0N.com is b.s.
FairEmail for Android shows a popup with the actual link.