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A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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What's inside the QR code menu at this cafe? (peabee.substack.com)

submitted 2 months ago by poVoq@slrpnk.net to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Strip any tracking parameters you spot before following any URLs.

If it's one of these QR codes at a restaurant for ordering, the parameters could possibly be necessary to properly connect your order to your table, depending on how they're set up.

[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech 1 points 2 months ago

Then it's not a tracking parameter of course.