On 2 Dec 2024 at 11:26, redscooter via EV wrote: > just heard theres fake QR codes on chargers that steal your info .
That warning has been making the rounds for quite a while. We even read about it in one of the general interest English-language magazines here. Do you check where QR codes are sending you before you actually let them take over your mobile phone? Can you, with the app you use? I don't know about others, but I use an open- source QR reader app, "Privacy Friendly QR Scanner." It reads the code, then pops up a message with the encoded URL and says, "Are you sure you want to visit this link?" We don't use a phone for EV charging anyway. Margaret detests smartphones. I have one, but have only open source apps on it. I don't trust proprietary apps not to leak my personal data. Instead, we have Chargemap RFID cards. They've done us well. Just wave the card at the "electron pump" and fill up. We've seldom run into a public charging point that Chargemap won't work with. Not that we use public charging all that much. That said, I'd rather not even have to use an RFID card. It's just more stuff to carry in the wallet. Why do we have to be members of some club to charge our car? We ought to be able to just swipe a credit card, like ICEV drivers do at filling stations. Cash slots would be great too, but let's not get too greedy just yet. David Roden, EVDL moderator & general lackey To reach me, don't reply to this message; I won't get it. Use my offlist address here : http://evdl.org/help/index.html#supt = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = We have acquired a fateful power to alter and destroy nature. But man is a part of nature. His war against nature is inevitably a war against himself. -- Rachel Carson = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = _______________________________________________ Address messages to ev@lists.evdl.org No other addresses in TO and CC fields HELP: http://www.evdl.org/help/
