What's the deal with visible QR codes appearing on digital ads?
imgur.comI found a reddit thread which claims it's related to this bug in iOS 17 Beta 2: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/ios-ipados-release...
I have seen this a lot lately. I am curious to understand how these are used and/or what benefit they provide?
I've not seen this before. Looks more like visual artefacting from a graphics processing error to me on first glance.
Where was this specific ad? Might try to find one in the wild myself?
If it is a QR code it seems like maybe some kind of proprietary watermarking tech to track ads for some very specific purpose. My phone either can't lock onto it or can't read it.
I see them all the time. Here’s an example on drudgereport. https://imgur.com/a/hOl9x2m
I am using an iPhone 13 browsing via chrome. iOS 17.0
Also occurs in safari
What happens if you take a photo of the ad? Does it takes you to the website?
drive by exploits