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Google Fixes Glass Vulnerability To Malicious QR Codes

Posted by Unknown on from the look-over-here dept.

judgecorp writes "Google has fixed a vulnerability in its Glass device, which made it possible to fool the wearable gadget into joining malicious Wi-Fi networks, through the use of fake QR codes. Google fixed the flaw fast, following a tip-off from researchers — but there are two warnings to take from this. There are other weaknesses in Glass (such as the absence of a lockscreen), and this sort of weakness will increasingly hit as the Internet of Things takes hold and the number of communicating devices multiplies."

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  1. Only to be expected by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    I said no good would come of this digital nonsense, we should forget it go back to analog.

  2. @mollycrabapple by jayrtfm · · Score: 5, Funny

    Trolls walk past #GoogleGlass wearers, whisper Image Search Goatse into the glass's mike
      --- @mollycrabapple, after trying on google glass

    1. Re:@mollycrabapple by niftydude · · Score: 4, Funny

      Safesearch on! Safesearch on!

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  3. QR sploits by Megane · · Score: 4, Funny

    Automatic QR code scanning... bringing passive execution exploits to the world of paper and ink!

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    #naabhaprzrag, #sverubfr-000, #agi-fcbafberq, negvpyr[pynff*=' negvpyr-ary-'] { qvfcynl: abar !vzcbegnag; }
  4. Re:QR code, introducing a new generation to hello. by Inda · · Score: 4, Funny

    I think a QR code that directs people to qr.png, which just shows another QR code, would be hilarious.

    Reciprocal QR trolling.

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  5. XKCD to the rescue... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    ...there really seems to be an XKCD for everything:
    http://www.xkcd.com/1237/