You've probably noticed a square barcode pasted to a graffitied light pole or on the back of a business card. That pixelated code, shaped in a square, is called a QR ...

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Written by Ron Lyons, Jr. If you're vigilant, you can find QR codes everywhere. These black-and-white squares tie the real world to the internet, and scanning them gives you quick access to ID cards, ...

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Among the many changes brought about by the pandemic is the widespread use of QR codes, graphical representations of digital data that can be printed and later scanned by a smartphone or other device.

The Quick Response code (or QR code) was introduced in 1994, but it never really took off in the US until decades later when the pandemic created a need for a quick, easy, and (most importantly) touch ...