QR Codes As Anti-Forgery On Currency Could Infect Banks 289
New submitter planetzuda writes "Invisible nano QR codes have been proposed as a way to stop forgery of U.S. currency by students of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Unfortunately QR codes are easy to forge and can send you to a site that infects your system. Banks would most likely need to scan currency that have QR codes to ensure the authenticity of the bill. If the QR code was forged it could infect the bank with a virus."
If only... (Score:5, Funny)
There was a way to scan a QR code without having an unpatched IE6 accessing the url in the code...
Re:Sigh. (Score:5, Funny)
A helpful rewrite for someone from a few years in the past:
"Sequences of letters and numbers have been proposed as a way to stop forgery of U.S currency by bored students of Michigan University. Unfortunately sequences of letters and numbers are easy to forge and can be typed into an editor, compiled, and run, infecting your system. Banks would most likely need to read currency that have seuqneces of letters and numbers to ensure the authenticity of the bill. If the sequences of letters and numbers were forged, typed into an editor, compiled, and run, it could infect the bank with a virus."
Re:Huh? (Score:2, Funny)
Muhhahahhahahahaha
Robert');DROP TABLE CURRENCY;
will be my QR Code and will bust the world economy! Muhahahahhahahahaha
Re:Sigh. (Score:5, Funny)
It's 1s and 0s...I can tell that just by looking at one.
Got idea from TV? (Score:4, Funny)