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Is there a difference between scanning a QR code, and manually typing in a web address into a browser? In other words, is there a difference in terms of traceability between a business putting up a QR code vs putting up their website address?
I thought QR codes were just a quick way to get to a website, without typing.
QR codes for vaccine mandates or contact tracing don’t involve a web browser.
You instead display a QR code to a scanner upon entering a building, or else you scan the building’s QR code (that is just a building ID number) into a special government supplied phone app.
It’s called “checking in” and has been the norm in Australia for a while. Nobody does it here.
A web browser is just a visual way of accessing data stored on a computer or entering data into a database stored on a computer.
A QR code is no different. Either way you are interacting with a computer.
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I typed in mennonet.com and generated the following QR code for mennonet.
Go ahead and point your phone camera to it and see what happens
You forgot to mention,you need to open your camera for it to work.
Well yes, you need to have your phone camera turned on obviously. I don't know what happens if you are using an android phone, but with an iPhone if you do that it pops up a message asking if you want to open that web site.
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RZehr wrote: ↑
Is there a difference between scanning a QR code, and manually typing in a web address into a browser? In other words, is there a difference in terms of traceability between a business putting up a QR code vs putting up their website address?
I thought QR codes were just a quick way to get to a website, without typing.
QR codes for vaccine mandates or contact tracing don’t involve a web browser.
You instead display a QR code to a scanner upon entering a building, or else you scan the building’s QR code (that is just a building ID number) into a special government supplied phone app.
It’s called “checking in” and has been the norm in Australia for a while. Nobody does it here.
A web browser is just a visual way of accessing data stored on a computer or entering data into a database stored on a computer.
A QR code is no different. Either way you are interacting with a computer.
And I’m trying to tell you their “qr code” is slang for check ins and contact tracing in places where it is required to enter buildings.
QR codes for vaccine mandates or contact tracing don’t involve a web browser.
You instead display a QR code to a scanner upon entering a building, or else you scan the building’s QR code (that is just a building ID number) into a special government supplied phone app.
It’s called “checking in” and has been the norm in Australia for a while. Nobody does it here.
A web browser is just a visual way of accessing data stored on a computer or entering data into a database stored on a computer.
A QR code is no different. Either way you are interacting with a computer.
And I’m trying to tell you their “qr code” is slang for check ins and contact tracing in places where it is required to enter buildings.
Sure, you could do the same exact thing with an magnetic card swipe, a drivers license with a bar code, a microchip, or any other sort of scannable ID. Since most everyone has phones these days that is the most convenient way to do it. Saves having to actually print physical ID cards of some sort.
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Why is Pay Pal rolling out the new Pay Pal QR code? According to Pay Pal Senior Vice President John Kunze —
"We know that in the current environment, buying and selling goods in a health-conscious, safe and secure way is front of mind for many people around the world. As the coronavirus pandemic has evolved, we have seen a surge in demand for digital payments to transition to include new and safe solutions for in-person environments and situations," said John Kunze, Senior Vice President of Branded Experiences, PayPal. "Our rollout of QR codes for buyers and sellers incorporates the safety, security and convenience of using PayPal in person and enables ongoing social distancing requirements and safety preferences for in-person commerce. ....
Using the QR code functionality in the PayPal app is a quick and safe way to complete a transaction in-person utilizing a PayPal wallet, eliminating the need to handle cash.
Get that? The pandemic also seems to be accelerating a transition to "digital wallets" and the ability to "eliminate the need to handle cash."
Falco Underhill wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 4:59 pm
Why is Pay Pal rolling out the new Pay Pal QR code? According to Pay Pal Senior Vice President John Kunze —
"We know that in the current environment, buying and selling goods in a health-conscious, safe and secure way is front of mind for many people around the world. As the coronavirus pandemic has evolved, we have seen a surge in demand for digital payments to transition to include new and safe solutions for in-person environments and situations," said John Kunze, Senior Vice President of Branded Experiences, PayPal. "Our rollout of QR codes for buyers and sellers incorporates the safety, security and convenience of using PayPal in person and enables ongoing social distancing requirements and safety preferences for in-person commerce. ....
Using the QR code functionality in the PayPal app is a quick and safe way to complete a transaction in-person utilizing a PayPal wallet, eliminating the need to handle cash.
Get that? The pandemic also seems to be accelerating a transition to "digital wallets" and the ability to "eliminate the need to handle cash."
That is nothing new. Other electronic payment apps like Venmo and CashApp have been doing the same thing for years. All it does is avoid the need to send a payment request or payment to someone's email address or text message. https://help.venmo.com/hc/en-us/article ... -Venmo-FAQ
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Falco Underhill wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 4:59 pm
Why is Pay Pal rolling out the new Pay Pal QR code? According to Pay Pal Senior Vice President John Kunze —
"We know that in the current environment, buying and selling goods in a health-conscious, safe and secure way is front of mind for many people around the world. As the coronavirus pandemic has evolved, we have seen a surge in demand for digital payments to transition to include new and safe solutions for in-person environments and situations," said John Kunze, Senior Vice President of Branded Experiences, PayPal. "Our rollout of QR codes for buyers and sellers incorporates the safety, security and convenience of using PayPal in person and enables ongoing social distancing requirements and safety preferences for in-person commerce. ....
Using the QR code functionality in the PayPal app is a quick and safe way to complete a transaction in-person utilizing a PayPal wallet, eliminating the need to handle cash.
Get that? The pandemic also seems to be accelerating a transition to "digital wallets" and the ability to "eliminate the need to handle cash."
That is nothing new. Other electronic payment apps like Venmo and CashApp have been doing the same thing for years. All it does is avoid the need to send a payment request or payment to someone's email address or text message. https://help.venmo.com/hc/en-us/article ... -Venmo-FAQ
Of course none this is new (QR codes have been around for 30 years, too) but the pandemic does seem to be accelerating their wide-spread usage.
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Falco Underhill wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 4:59 pm
Why is Pay Pal rolling out the new Pay Pal QR code? According to Pay Pal Senior Vice President John Kunze —
Get that? The pandemic also seems to be accelerating a transition to "digital wallets" and the ability to "eliminate the need to handle cash."
That is nothing new. Other electronic payment apps like Venmo and CashApp have been doing the same thing for years. All it does is avoid the need to send a payment request or payment to someone's email address or text message. https://help.venmo.com/hc/en-us/article ... -Venmo-FAQ
Of course none this is new (QR codes have been around for 30 years) but the pandemic is accelerating their usage.
Probably. The US was also behind the rest of the modern world when it came to this sort of thing pre-pandemic. So maybe we are also just catching up. Kenyans, for example, have been using electronic cell phone payments to conduct business for years. https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2142 ... hone-money
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Ken wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 5:23 pmProbably. The US was also behind the rest of the modern world when it came to this sort of thing pre-pandemic. So maybe we are also just catching up. Kenyans, for example, have been using electronic cell phone payments to conduct business for years. https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2142 ... hone-money
To what extent "the rest of the modern world" was already using digital wallets I'm unsure. Vox mentions Kenya, China, and Bangladesh. Why it wasn't just taking off in other countries (like the US) seems to be a mystery to Vox, but it wasn't. Vox does give some reasons why "it's not that simple" and why the rest of the world was not quite "catching up" in another article.
M-Pesa was exactly what Kenya needed, and it took off there. But no two countries are the same, and convincing an entire society to adopt a new way of doing financial transactions isn’t an easy thing.
In some countries, mobile money has failed to take off, maybe because of a chicken-and-egg problem: Agents need to be widespread for the service to be useful, but putting agents everywhere isn’t viable until the service is widespread. That’s the reason mobile money didn’t take off in Niger, according to a 2020 paper. Despite the country having lots of unbanked people and lots of interest in a better money transfer system, M-Pesa and competitors have failed to get a foothold. In other countries, mobile money systems have been shut down by the government at the behest of central banks or competitors.
Addendum: Kenya was also the first place digital wallets really took off, and "The Gates Foundation has funded mobile money projects and developed software for mobile money platforms."
