While Apple scanning images in the background is not a big deal since it uses that to detect objects and classify them within the Photos app – Apple says this part is end-to-end encrypted –, it’s not usual for the company to read, decode, and check the QR Code content without user’s consent.įortunately, according to another Twitter user, this issue is only Mac-related and does not affect the iPhone.īGR reached out to Apple and asked for a comment. But they’re also 1) decoding QRs & 2) requesting random URLs! That seems like both a privacy and a security problem.
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I regret the error.- Matt Hodges October 5, 2022Īccording to Hodges, he was “playing with Canary Tokens,” which lets you create a digital artifact such as a file, URL, or QR Code, and if someone interacts with it, you get an alert, and discovered this macOS issue. It has a top-bar with options such as Movies, TV Series. I have deleted the incorrect information. I gave too much trust to a Stack Exchange answer. I now believe the canary token was triggered not by macOS decoding the QR, but by Firefox’s “recent” shortcuts on the home screen.
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