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Understanding QR Codes: Origin, Uses, and Risks

The document discusses the origin and development of QR codes, highlighting their creation by Masahiro Hara to ease the billing process for cashiers. It outlines the features and various uses of QR codes in daily life, as well as their current scenario in Nepal, particularly with the introduction of a QR payment system. Additionally, it addresses potential security risks associated with QR codes, such as phishing attacks and financial theft.

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Understanding QR Codes: Origin, Uses, and Risks

The document discusses the origin and development of QR codes, highlighting their creation by Masahiro Hara to ease the billing process for cashiers. It outlines the features and various uses of QR codes in daily life, as well as their current scenario in Nepal, particularly with the introduction of a QR payment system. Additionally, it addresses potential security risks associated with QR codes, such as phishing attacks and financial theft.

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QR (QUICK RESPONSE

CODE)
TODAY'S AGENDA

01 04
How did the idea of
QR code originate ?
Uses of QR Code in
our daily life

02 05
CURRENT SCENARIO
WHAT EXACTLY IS A OF QR CODE IN
QR CODE ? NEPAL
FEATURES OF QR
CODE :
03 06
What are the
potential QR code
security risks?
How did the idea of QR
code originate ?

-Hectic work for Cashiers during billing, as they


needed to remember all the name of product
and enter manually into the system.
- During the billing process, the time
consumption was too high.
How did the idea of QR
code originate ?
By Scanning this
black and white
horizontal lines the
information of the
product is
automatically
Limitation: Only stored digits
stored.

#INSPI
Who developed QR
code? "I used to play Go on my lunch break.
One day, while arranging the black and
white pieces on the grid, it hit me that it
represented a straightforward way of
conveying information. It was a eureka
moment." — Masahiro Hara

He choosed square shape because as per his research:


- Square shape was easy to distinguish
- It boosted the reading speed of QR code
by 10 times.
How did the QR code Gain
popularity?

01 THE BOOM OF
MOBILE PHONES IN 02 COULD STORE 50
TIMES MORE DATA
1990 THAT COULD THAN BAR CODES
SCAN QR CODES
Big tech Giants like Alibaba and Tencent ALSO ALPHABETICAL
developed merchant
payments alipay & we pay soon it flourished .
SOON, IT WAS ISO-CERTIFIED IN THE YEAR 2000.
DO YOU KNOW YOUR NAME,
CONTACT INFO, WEBSITE URL AND
EVEN PICTURES CAN BE STORED IN
FORM OF DOTS IN QR CODE ?

WHAT EXACTLY IS A
QR CODE ?
- A two-dimensional
barcode
square

- that can store data like


name, Address, Phone no, Wifi-
passwords,Website URL and even
images
HOW DOES A QR
CODE
QUICK WORK
RESPONSE CODE ?
(QR CODE)
ALTHOUGH HAVING THE WORD ‘QUICK’ IN
IT UNDERGOES ALOT OF PROCESSES.
FEATURES OF QR
CODE:
Small Printout Size 01 03
As compared to the size of
Dirt- and Damage-
resistant Durability
the barcode.

High Capacity
Encoding
Hundred of
times more data
than 02 04
the
Readable from Any
Direction in 360
barcode storing data
Degrees
Uses of QR Code in
our daily life
01 03
QR code to redirect
to website or social
QR code to share
images
media handles

QR code to share
pdf documents 02 04
QR code to share
accurate current
google map location
Uses of QR Code in
our daily life
CURRENT SCENARIO OF QR
CODE IN NEPAL

Recently, Prabhu
Bank Introduces
FonePay (QR
Payment System)
at BhatBhateni
SuperMarket. .
What are the potential QR code
security risks?

01
Social Engineering or
phising attack

03
Financial theft
To the wrong account or the
Replacing genuine higher amount.

02
QR codes in public
places with malicious
codes
USE OF QR CODE IN AN AMAZING
UNIQUE WAY:
Some Technical Terms Related to
QR Code:
01 Organisation for
ISO: International

Standardisation.
IEC: International
Electrotechnical
02 PIN: Personal
Commission.
Identification Number
03 EMVCo: Europay,
Mastercard, and Visa ; the
three companies that
created the standard for

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