QR Codes may be insecure, but they have found a foothold in the payments world. It’s a simple use case: a code comes up and is scanned by a reader, which then yields the information in the pattern of squares. Most famously, this works at the counter at your local Starbucks. The user opens the app, a code is displayed, and the point-of-sale device behind the counter scans the code and accepts the payment. (Brett King posted a video showing the Starbucks payment process several years back.) Pixeliris, a French company best known in the banking space for its CopSonic soundwave payment technology, seems to have unearthed a new use case, however. The company sent out a digital greeting card with two QR codes: one for Android and another for iOS. Scanning the code takes the user to an app download. The app is called CarteVoeux, “greeting card” in French. Opening the app displays a simple camera function. When the smartphone camera, used within that app, is aimed at the image, as seen in the video below, well, take a look. You can download the app here. This mobile-image generator, in our view, has other potential uses beyond just a greeting [...]
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