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Sharjah Police Experiment Exposes How Easily People Fall for Fake QR Codes
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Sharjah Police Experiment Exposes How Easily People Fall for Fake QR Codes

A cybersecurity experiment conducted by Sharjah Police has revealed how easily QR codes can mislead individuals, particularly when these codes promise conveniences such as free WiFi. The police placed an unbranded QR code in a public area with a simple message, “Free WiFi”, to measure how many people would scan it without verifying its source.

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