Quotation of the Day: QR Codes Are Here to Stay. So Is the Tracking They Allow. - The New York Times

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Tuesday, July 27, 2021

“People don’t understand that when you use a QR code, it inserts the entire apparatus of online tracking between you and your meal.”

JAY STANLEY, a senior policy analyst at the American Civil Liberties Union, referring to the pixelated black-and-white square — essentially a kind of bar code — that customers scan with their phone cameras for touchless transactions. As more restaurants and retailers adopt QR codes, privacy experts are raising alarms.

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