Are QR Codes Safe? Risks and Best Practices
Understand what QR codes can contain, how malicious destinations exploit trust, and which scanning, publishing, and maintenance habits reduce risk.
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Safety, trust and accessibility
Reduce phishing, privacy, usability, and access barriers around QR-code experiences.
How to Recognize a Suspicious QR Code
Inspect the physical code, previewed domain, requested action, and destination signals before trusting a QR code in public, payment, or login settings.
Read guideA Pre-Launch Checklist for a Public QR-Code Campaign
Review purpose, payload, ownership, privacy, accessibility, physical production, security, testing, monitoring, and retirement before launch.
Read guidePrivacy Considerations When Using QR Codes
Map privacy risks across encoded payloads, redirects, destination logs, analytics, public placement, photos, consent, retention, and third parties.
Read guideQR-Code Accessibility: Designing for More Users
Make QR experiences more inclusive through visible alternatives, descriptive instructions, reachable placement, accessible destinations, and user testing.
Read guideQR-Code Phishing: What Businesses and Users Should Know
Learn how QR phishing hides destinations, abuses trusted physical contexts, and can be reduced through domain clarity, inspection, training, and safer response.
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