• slazer2au@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    Eh? Since when can humans decode a QR code on the fly, we always need a machine to do it.

    This is a method Google is using to track website usage to actual people by making them scan a code on a device attached to a Google account.

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      22 hours ago

      If you read the spec it isn’t impossible to decode QR codes by hand. It isn’t what I’d call easy, but it is more tedious than hard.

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      22 hours ago

      we always need a machine to do it.

      That’s the point. Recognizing a car; stairs; busses; motorcycles; stoplights; we used to be the only ones who were able to do this, but now LLMs can likely do them better and faster than we can.

      But QR codes have always been deciphered by machines, so how would me using a machine to scan the QR prove my humanity? It just shows there’s a phone with my ID on it. It’s just 2FA, not are-you-human.