Check a QR code before you trust it
A QR code can point anywhere, and the pattern gives no hint of where. Fake parking meter stickers and flyers use codes that lead to copycat payment pages. Here you see the full address first, with the real website name in bold. You get a warning when the address uses a link shortener that hides its destination, look-alike letters, a misspelled brand name, an @ sign that disguises the real site, or a bare IP address.
Links never open by themselves. Open one only when the website name is the one you expect.
Wi-Fi, contacts, events and more
Wi-Fi codes show the network name, security type and password, each with a copy button. Contact cards in vCard or MeCard format are split into name, phone, email and address, and you can save them as a .vcf file for your address book. Calendar events, email, text message, phone and map codes are laid out the same way.
Private by design
Pictures and camera frames are read inside your browser. Where your browser has a built-in barcode reader it is used, and a reader built into this page works everywhere else. The camera needs your permission and stops when you leave the page. The scan history lives only in this browser's storage.