I've just reproduced it.
Went to a qr-code generator online, generated a code with an url http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
In a terminal i did "sudo tcpdump ip host xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
Then I do a screen capture of the QR code, and save it. At that moment I see an http query to the ip.
uname -a:
Darwin Kernel Version 21.6.0: Mon Aug 22 20:17:10 PDT 2022; root:xnu-8020.140.49~2/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
Really shitty idea from apple...
EDIT!!!
Sorry, I think I know where the problem was:
I was testing with a site I visited in safari already. It happens that after you type a couple of characters in safari address bar, and you have a cache hit in your history, safari already loads the site. While doing the experiment I visited sites which triggered hits in the history with my test site... so no. I could not really reproduce it. Maybe original tweet comes from similar error.
Then I do a screen capture of the QR code, and save it. At that moment I see an http query to the ip.
uname -a: Darwin Kernel Version 21.6.0: Mon Aug 22 20:17:10 PDT 2022; root:xnu-8020.140.49~2/RELEASE_X86_64 x86_64
Really shitty idea from apple...
EDIT!!!
Sorry, I think I know where the problem was: I was testing with a site I visited in safari already. It happens that after you type a couple of characters in safari address bar, and you have a cache hit in your history, safari already loads the site. While doing the experiment I visited sites which triggered hits in the history with my test site... so no. I could not really reproduce it. Maybe original tweet comes from similar error.