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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. fake QR by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    They dont use fake QR but Real QR codes witch lead to a malicous network... fake qr codes Wont work...

  3. @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

  4. Real QR Codes by Russ1642 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    They weren't fake magical QR codes. To somehow blame a piece of paper or a billboard for your own terrible code is hilarious.