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       Re: QR code
       By: SHL Date: October 14, 2018, 9:58 pm
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       [quote author=Blonde link=topic=516.msg7812#msg7812
       date=1539554288]
       Thanks a lot for your answers. I didn't expect that QR code
       isn't popular in Europe, Japan, and the USA.
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       Blonde,
       Life is complicated enough. We sure don’t need to add QR Codes
       to it to make it all the more complicated. It makes me dizzy
       just thinking about QR Codes.  ???
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       Re: QR code
       By: Kseniia Date: December 17, 2018, 11:18 pm
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       QR codes are massive in China. I even saw a person begging for
       money in the street who had, in addition to the hat, a QR code
       printed on a cardboard – I suppose it was the link to his
       Zhifubao/Weixin account. Plus, this system is quite handy if
       you're absent-minded because you don't need to carry any cash or
       plastic cards on you, your phone is enough for (almost)
       everything.
       There are some disadvantages of course. First, everything gets
       really complicated if something happens to your phone. I once
       tried to pay for electricity in person when my phone died, and
       this simple procedure that normally takes a few seconds (+ a
       couple of minutes of сrying over your hard-earned money)
       took a few hours, no joking. Second, buying something illegal
       using Zhifubao is probably not the best idea ever, and I believe
       that it's not that difficult to hack my phone and find out where
       exactly I do my laundry and what kind of grammar mistakes I
       constantly make (I always use 个 if I can't remember the
       correct count-classifier... yeah, I know, shameful). So if
       you're really concerned about your privacy, you'd better stick
       with cash and... well, more usual ways of getting information?
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       Re: QR code
       By: Alharacas Date: December 18, 2018, 12:18 am
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       The only involvement I've ever had with a QR code was when I
       bought my last train ticket (via the internet, but then printed
       out, because what if my phone died on me?). The tickets have a
       code which gets scanned by the (human) ticket collector on the
       train.
       But then, the mere idea of paying for things by simply clicking
       on a phone sends shudders down our savings-account-loving spine.
       Most Germans are still extremely wary of using credit cards
       (plus, they're not even accepted in lots of smaller shops). We
       either use cash or a debit card, because we very much prefer to
       keep track of how much we've been spending. ;)
       #Post#: 10499--------------------------------------------------
       Re: QR code
       By: Kseniia Date: December 21, 2018, 8:09 pm
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       Alharacas, but you can choose contactless payment as an option
       in Germany, can't you?
       Actually there's one more thing I can think of with regards to
       QR codes. As many other things, they can also be used as a way
       to express yourself. For example, one of my friends has a tatoo
       with the QR code you can see in this clip:
  HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOrH0sq-tKY
       If you scan it, you'll get the message
       "миру—мир"* which is
       one of the main messages of the song -
  HTML https://lyricstranslate.com/ru/иордан-jordan-river.html
       *"peace to the world", lit. "to the world—peace"; in Russian the
       words "world" and "peace" are homonyms).
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       Re: QR code
       By: Alharacas Date: December 22, 2018, 4:07 am
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       Kseniia, contactless payment does exist here, there just aren't
       very many places where you're able to do it. Not carrying any
       cash at all is simply not an option in Germany - yet. Many small
       shops still refuse to accept anything but cash if the total is
       under 5, 10 or 20 Euros (depends on the shop).
  HTML https://www.thelocal.de/20180605/will-contactless-payment-ever-take-off-in-germany
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