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FBI Announces: Beware of QR Codes–UPDATE

About five weeks ago, I published a post titled, “FBI Announces: Beware of QR Codes.” Prompted by the FBI announcement, the post raised awareness to ways QR codes are being used by bad actors to steal our data and defraud us.

SUPER BOWL COMMERCIAL–QR CODE MAKES AN APPEARANCE

For those of you that watched the United States Super Bowl on February 13th, you may have been surprised (as I was) when–during a commercial break–dancing across the screen appeared a QR code we were encouraged to take a photograph of with our smartphone.

Although the QR code led to a legitimate site, an Inc.com article highlighted the FBI’s warning and concerns about QR codes.

Here is a quote from the article:

“QR codes are appearing everywhere—even in Super Bowl ads—but consumers and business owners should know that there are risks.”

It is worth a read.

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Ron Alvarez is an IP investigations and protection consultant and writer in New York City. He is a former NYPD lieutenant where he investigated robbery, narcotics, internal affairs, and fine art theft cases. Ron has since coordinated the private investigation of international fraud and money laundering cases, as well as IP-related investigations and research involving the four pillars of IP: copyright, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets. Ron is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and earned a B.A. in Government and Public Administration from John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan. He has written a number of articles for various investigative publications, as well as published "The World of Intellectual Property (IP) Protection and Investigations" in November 2021.

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