Google Glass is the bleeding edge of consumer hardware technology. It brings the Internet to your face. But as it turns out, the head-mounted technology might be no match for QR codes, those blocky visual links that were hot a few years ago.
Researchers at mobile security company Lookout have discovered a curious security flaw in Glass that would allow a malicious hacker to capture data sent from the face-mounted device with the mere flash of a QR code. The code has since been patched by Google in an update released in mid-May.
The hack took advantage of the fact that the advanced optical character recognition (OCR) tech in Glass automatically analyzes photos for recognizable text, faces, and even QR codes. QR codes can be used to prompt hardware to visit a website, send a text, or connect to another device via Bluetooth or wireless network.
Anyone can easily create a QR codes though sites like Kaywa. For example, here's a QR code I just created that leads to a picture of an adorable kitten:
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