This. Just, this.

[wall_e@ioc.exchange]

@cstross or just one that links to a website saying:

Don't film me asshole.
Your browser fingerprint and IP address have been logged.

[microfractal@mathstodon.xyz]

@cstross

[tirrimas@beige.party]

@agathos

... The ICQ flower?!

[agathos@mastodon.babb.no]

@tirrimas yes it is the icq flower in my profile pic, if that is what you are asking?

[tirrimas@beige.party]

@agathos I still remember my number. Best messaging app

[agathos@mastodon.babb.no]

@tirrimas yes, i remember it as good, and that is why I choose it as my pic. I had my friends on there and I met some cool people at an icq meetup thing back in the day. I lied to my parents about going because they thought the internet was a scary place.

But then I saw that icq closed down last year, and I read up about it and it was not a wholesome community the last years. Unfortunately it got bought up and used by not so nice people. Oh well. It was good back in the day!

[tirrimas@beige.party]

@agathos yeah, it started going downhill once AOL bought it and shoehorned ads in. It's too bad

[sitekotaku@mastodon.social]

@cstross I'll take one. 3XL plz,

[datterich@darmstadt.social]

@qgustavor @neurovagrant @cstross @unknownbinaries @catsalad Can't tell out of own observation, but they said that iPhones do/did that?!
And probably some manufacturer or play store camera apps on Android, too.

[datterich@darmstadt.social]

@neurovagrant @qgustavor @cstross @unknownbinaries @catsalad That's true. What always works (and even better in companies with ITsec training) is the button in the mail labelled "click here to report this mail as spam."

[oscarfalcon@mastodon.social]

@cstross

Woah!, Want!

[nthcdr@mastodon.social]

@cstross Shut up and take my money!

[cstross@wandering.shop]

@JustRosy Do you really think QR codes will still be a thing in 25 years' time? Let alone with a 2025 URL target? Tats are a bit long term ...

[linear@nya.social]

@cstross@wandering.shop @JustRosy@universeodon.com they've already been around for 30, so yes. and you don't need a URL, you could do this (and people have) with the EICAR test string embedded directly in the code, which antivirus programs near universally detect as a virus for testing purposes. and in practice you absolutely can crash some surveillance systems this way

[tak@gush.taks.garden]

@cstross

[mamalake@beige.party]

@RonniesaurusHex @shift_reset a rick roll qr that poisons ai please

[ethicalprofessor@mstdn.social]

@cstross

This is one helluva great idea!!!

[howtophil@mastodon.social]

@cstross Are most phones not like mine? Mine has a separate "barcode scanning mode" from the "camera mode"

[dxmacguffin@metalhead.club]

@cstross

Cops would start immediately printing this on their uniforms.

[steff@soc.femme.cat]

@cstross@wandering.shop New malware/ransomware vector