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Comment by BiteCode_dev

Most ISP put this kind of QR code on the provided "modem" in France with the default Wifi password of the device.

I love QR code. I think it should be everywhere. All legal documents and forms should have one. All supermarket bills should have one.

It's a fantastic way to transition from paper to bits.

Unfortunately most users have no idea what it is. They don't know what a URL is, so a QR code is out of the question.

Plus they don't necessarily have a QR code scanner on their devices: not all phones have one by default, most laptops definitely don't. Not to mention some QRcode readers are sometimes just the regular camera app (E.G: modern iOS), which is very confusing. And even if all that is not a problem, your QRcode scanner may not be able to understand a particular format or will read the Wifi code but just display it while it's supposed to save it as a new access point.

It's definitely not a solved problem.

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