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Oh so much this!!! I hate having to use their QR codes. I was told that using most new QR through our phones give these sites using them, access to our recent photos on the camera app.. I have a two year old I don't want people looking at whom I don't know...
It absolutely does not give them access to anything unless you install their app.
QR codes are okay. They may be an annoyance, but they're not nefarious or harvesting your data. (Again, unless you provide that data in another way, such as an app.)
The website may ask for your location, but the browser will prompt you for that. If you're at the restaurant it's fine to hit "only this time".
That is good to know. I felt like crap when my friend told me that the using most QR codes weren't safe to use as they give the host access to some of your phones data and I felt dumb for not knowing..
Nah, don't feel bad about it. I had to think about it a bit and I'm a developer.
Your camera app could potentially harvest the url, but unless you're using a weird third party camera app, I think that's quite unlikely for now.
Google and Apple have other ways to get the same data. Is your default browser chrome or safari? They'd get the same data from opening a link and having it in your browser history. There's no reason for getting the same data from your camera app in a way that would make (tech) headlines.
I'm chrome.. sadly.. but only on my phone cause it's through boost mobile and it's moto G stylus phone.. so I am lucky android stuff even work on it.. but it's still kinda of sketchy and I was not gonna be surprised if it was true QR codes were accessing my data because of the phone type I use