In some parts of the world, the authorities have encouraged the public to check-in to events and shops they visit by scanning a QR code into a COVID-19 app. It doesn’t grant you the right to enter a ...

Ahead of the North American Nintendo Switch Preview Tour, Nintendo has updated the My Nintendo website. Each member of My Nintendo can now find a Check In section under his or her account information.

The database that stores millions of COVID QR code check-ins is being reviewed, as it’s revealed authorities discussed a huge expansion of the system. Premier Steven Marshall requested in December ...

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 ...

Nintendo has added a QR code check-in function to My Nintendo. Everyone with a My Nintendo account has access to a custom QR code, and can use this code to "exclusive My Nintendo member benefits" at ...

Facebook posts about the dangers of consumers receiving a package as part of a brushing scam warn that the lone act of scanning a malicious QR code — a code found inside the unsolicited parcel — can ...