A popular social media video does not prove that COVID-19 vaccines contain product numbers detectable through a Quick Response (QR) code scanner. The claim arose when a TikTok video was posted on Aug.

The perp faces jail time, but the incident highlights the growing cyber-abuse of QR codes. Quick-response (QR) codes used by a COVID-19 contact-tracing program were hijacked by a man who simply ...

The Quick Response code, more popularly referred to as a QR code, has really taken off in recent years, and it's easy to see why. Though COVID-19 helped mainstream it, these codes make sharing ...

WELLINGTON, June 28 (Reuters) - New Zealand is considering making masks compulsory at high alert levels as well as compulsory scanning of QR codes to boost contact tracing in efforts to reduce the ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Got your COVID-19 vaccination in Virginia? You now have another free way to verify your vaccination status. The Virginia Department of Health is now offering QR (quick ...

The Quick Response code (or QR code) was introduced in 1994, but it never really took off in the US until decades later when the pandemic created a need for a quick, easy, and (most importantly) touch ...

Customers looking to visit cafés in Moscow will now be required to show COVID-19 vaccination QR codes, and New Zealand recently said it is considering a similar requirement. "Visiting the city ...

The New South Wales government has announced its QR code COVID-19 contact tracing scanner solution has gone live state-wide. The technology allows customers to use a QR code scanner that has been ...