I quite dislike the word "quishing"
this post was submitted on 27 Jul 2025
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It sounds like the "shart" equivalent but with a queef instead of a fart.
It describes the water breaking
qhy?
It sounds like I stepped on a slug.
On cam. For money.
Or at least for a loot box, if the AI likes you.
It sounds like an old timey STD, like chlamydia but instead of having the clap ya have the quish. Quick someone help me come up with symptoms, I'm going with necrosis since it can make flesh squishy and that sounds about right for the name.
Took me a while to figure out what it meant, « QR Code Fishing »
I still think it might be a sex act.
malicious qr codes have always been around. i remember the local news reports of them plastered to store directories at the mall. ya, that long ago.
Yeah. Took like a day after they were publicly available , lol
Yup, they were always a terrible idea
Wow that’s a great (criminal) idea to make money. I guess that’s fraud? I suppose it depends on the wording and the fine print.
I find it difficult to have sympathy for people who suffer predictable consequences after scanning unknown QR codes left in public.
What about the loads of restaurants that use them for menus?
Clearly those restaurants are cheap shitholes and don't deserve business. What ever happened to having a board, if you don't want individual menus just put up a couple boards that are visible from the tables and booths.
A QR code handed to you by a restaurant employee would not be "unknown." I was thinking of codes found left at a bus stop or something.
Also, QR code menus are a dick move by a restaurant, and I would just walk out, personally.
I don't go around scanning random codes, but often times I have to scan a code for something like paying for parking. How can I know if someone put a sticker over it with a malicious URL?