QR Scanner (Privacy Friendly) for PC

Published by SECUSO Research Group

Category
Tools
Developer
SECUSO Research Group
Downloads
10000+
Android Version
4.2 and up
Content Rating
Everyone

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QR Codes become more and more important. In some areas they have even replaced the traditional barcode. A QR Code is able to store up to seven thousand characters and therefore is qualified for more complex content, e.g. vCards. Hence nowadays QR Codes can nowadays be found on nearly every advertisement poster and animate the user to scan it with his smartphone. Thus, it is no longer necessary take a hand written note, it is enough to scan the QR Code. Correspondingly, there are already many QR Code scanner apps available in the Google Play Store. It belongs to the Privacy Friendly Apps group developed by the research group SECUSO at Technische Universität Darmstadt. More information can be found an secuso.org/pfa

Our Privacy Friendly QR Scanner App differs with respect to two aspects:

1. The Privacy Friendly QR Scanner App only requires the minimum amount of permissions, namely:

• In category "Camera/Microphone": Camera

The camera is used to scan QR Code.

• In category "Other": Vibrate and Flashlight

The vibration is used to provide feedback if the scan was successful. The flashlight is used to support the camera in reading the QR Code successfully in bad lighting conditions.

Most of the QR Code scanner apps available in the Google Play Store need several permissions on top of the ones needed: e.g. reading contacts or your call log and retrieving data from the Internet. Most of these requirements are not necessary for the functionality they actually are supposed to provide.

2. The Privacy Friendly QR Scanner App supports its users in detecting malicious links: QR Codes provide new possibilities for an attacker, as QR Codes can contain malicious links, i.e. links to phishing webpages or webpages from which malware would automatically be downloaded. Therefore it is important to carefully check the link before accessing the corresponding webpage. Since it is difficult for the user to spot malicious links, the Privacy friendly QR Scanner App supports the user by highlighting the domain (e.g. in that case for https://www.secuso.org, secuso.org would be highlighted). To avoid not checking the link and in particular the highlighted domain carefully, the app provides information about possible fraud and its users need to confirm that they checked the link and it is trustworthy. Note, the information shown after scanning an URL based QR Code is not customized for every URL. Hence, it should be considered as an advice for the user how to behave in general.

Similar to other available QR Code scanning apps, the Privacy Friendly QR Scanner App supports the following formats:

• text

• product codes

• phone number

• sms

• email address

• email

• contact information (e.g. vCards)

• URL

• WiFi (limited: cannot connect to network automatically)

Bar codes are also supported.

How to Install QR Scanner (Privacy Friendly) for Windows PC or MAC:

QR Scanner (Privacy Friendly) is an Android Tools app developed by SECUSO Research Group and published on the Google play store. It has gained around 10000 installs so far, with an average rating of 4.0 out of 5 in the play store.

QR Scanner (Privacy Friendly) requires Android with an OS version of 4.2 and up. In addition, the app has a content rating of Everyone, from which you can decide if it is suitable to install for family, kids, or adult users. QR Scanner (Privacy Friendly) is an Android app and cannot be installed on Windows PC or MAC directly.

Android Emulator is a software application that enables you to run Android apps and games on a PC by emulating Android OS. There are many free Android emulators available on the internet. However, emulators consume many system resources to emulate an OS and run apps on it. So it is advised that you check the minimum and required system requirements of an Android emulator before you download and install it on your PC.

Below you will find how to install and run QR Scanner (Privacy Friendly) on PC:

Firstly, download and install an Android emulator to your PC
Download QR Scanner (Privacy Friendly) APK to your PC
Open QR Scanner (Privacy Friendly) APK using the emulator or drag and drop the APK file into the emulator to install the app.
If you do not want to download the APK file, you can install QR Scanner (Privacy Friendly) PC by connecting your Google account with the emulator and downloading the app from the play store directly.

If you follow the above steps correctly, you should have the QR Scanner (Privacy Friendly) ready to run on your Windows PC or MAC. In addition, you can check the minimum system requirements of the emulator on the official website before installing it. This way, you can avoid any system-related technical issues.

Download QR Scanner (Privacy Friendly) For PC

QR Scanner (Privacy Friendly) APK 1.6.1	2.25 MB	1.6.1