Further on "The plethora of "free" code generators online are harvesting information":  is there a reliable way to check if a given QR code has tracking embedded inside it?

I've just tried generating a sample QR code for a URL from Chrome, Duckduckgo, and Some-Random-Internet-Site, then opening it in random online QR code decoders. The results returned *appear* to exactly and only the URL I entered ... but I want to check I'm not missing something.

Deborah

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The plethora of "free" code generators online are harvesting information.  It wouldn't surprise me if most don't even have a privacy policy.

Zint is open source and offline, and it appears very capable and documented with 41 different kinds of symbols/codes plus sub-variants:

https://www.zint.org.uk/

Download the zipped binaries (for Windows) here:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/zint/files/

Hope that helps.

Erich


On Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 21:56, Charles Meyer eloquently inscribed:

> My esteemed lisatmates,
>
> If I just wanted to create a QR code others could scan off my Samsung
> Galaxy A03 so they would have my name, phone #, email, library name,
> address and Web site which site would you recommend for me to create a
> free "business card" replacement QR code?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Charles.
>
> Charlotte County Public Library



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