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Chapter 88 - Chapter 88 - Don’t Scan Unknown QR Codes

On the stage, only Little Boy remained.

The program entered the second part, Little Boy's solo performance time.

"Hello, friends in the audience and netizens in the live stream room. With the rapid development of the internet, personal information security and privacy leakage have become a common problem faced by countries worldwide..." Elliot began his performance. He started with an opening speech, introducing the current situation and dangers of global personal information leakage.

"Besides personal information, the leakage of enterprise and commercial information is also a very serious problem. Every year, due to attacks and commercial espionage, our businesses suffer economic losses amounting to tens of billions."

"Today, on this stage, what I will demonstrate to everyone is related to personal information security."

Elliot paused, took out a QR code card from his pocket, displayed it to the camera, and said:

"This is a very ordinary QR code. You can see QR codes like this everywhere in shopping malls, on buses, and on streets. But have you ever thought that with such a simple QR code, a could steal the information on your phone?"

Elliot projected the QR code pattern onto the big screen.

"Can a QR code like this really steal information from a phone?" Sam Ning asked in surprise.

"Yes, as long as you scan this QR code with your phone, your phone will be controlled by the , and your personal information will be stolen," Elliot said with certainty.

"Isn't this too amazing?" An audience member in the seating area muttered.

"We will now do a simple demonstration. Audience members below the stage, you can take out your phones and scan the QR code on the big screen," Elliot said.

As soon as Elliot finished speaking, many audience members below the stage took out their phones and scanned the QR code on the big screen.

The host, Sam Ning, and the three celebrity guests also curiously took out their phones and scanned the QR code.

On the big screen, a number appeared: 121, 122, 123, 124... The number finally stopped at 128.

"Okay, a total of 128 friends scanned the QR code," Elliot said.

"How did you know there were 128 people who scanned the QR code?" Gary Quinn asked curiously.

Elliot smiled, didn't answer directly, but said: "To the 128 friends, please look at your phones and don't blink."

Hearing this, Gary Quinn quickly lowered his head to look at his phone.

The female celebrity Quinn Weaver beside him also lowered her head to look at her phone.

Sam Ning on the stage and the audience members below the stage all looked at their phones.

"1", "2", "3". Elliot counted down three times, and as soon as he finished --

"Wow ah!" "Ah!" Quinn Weaver and Gary Quinn simultaneously let out exclamations.

"Wow!" It was Sam Ning who exclaimed out loud.

"Wow!" "Oh my!" "Oh heavens!" ... The audience seating area resounded with exclamations one after another.

What happened to everyone? What did they see?

It turned out that the phones of the 128 guests and audience members who had just scanned the QR code had collectively and automatically logged into their social media accounts, and then automatically published a post:

"I am at the I am a Geek program recording site *Happy*"

"Oh my gosh! This is too terrifying!" A female audience member wearing a hat looked at her phone, her scalp tingling.

"Heavens! This is too amazing!" Quinn Weaver exclaimed.

Gary Quinn, however, had a completely bewildered expression. He didn't understand what was going on at all.

The entire venue was in an uproar.

All the audience members were shocked.

They just scanned a QR code, and as a result, their phones were controlled.

Isn't this too exaggerated?

[Wow~~ Isn't this too exaggerated?]

[Is this real? It can't be a program effect, can it?]

[Watching makes my scalp tingle! *Fear*]

[Kneel to the Boss!]

[QR code, terrifying like this!]

[From now on, I'll never dare to casually scan QR codes.]

[Too scary! Too scary!]

[Is this the power of a ? Shaking in fear...]

The live stream room also exploded.

Bullet comments were dense, and netizens one after another expressed shock and disbelief.

"My heavens! Just by scanning a QR code, the phone was controlled. This... this is too terrifying!" The host, Sam Ning, exclaimed repeatedly.

"So, I say, everyone must not underestimate QR codes. Although they look very simple, they hide huge security risks," Elliot explained. "A can embed a Trojan virus in a QR code. Once you scan this QR code with your phone, your phone will be controlled by the ."

"This demonstration is to remind everyone to not easily scan unfamiliar QR codes in daily life and to be careful of information leakage."

"Truly amazing!" Gary Quinn looked at his phone, still feeling unbelievable. "My phone was actually controlled by a QR code."

"Too awesome! 'Little Boy', you are too awesome!" Quinn Weaver gave Elliot a thumbs up.

"Clap clap clap!" Quinn Weaver took the lead in clapping.

"Whoosh la la!"

Thunderous applause erupted at the scene, lasting for a long time.

It was too wonderful.

It could be called a divine skill!

...

The applause, and the dense bullet comments in the live stream room, made Elliot happy.

These were all points.

After the applause subsided, Elliot said: "Everyone, the performance isn't over yet. Next, there's something even more magical."

The scene immediately quieted down, and everyone widened their eyes.

In Elliot's hand, there was an extra pen... not an ordinary pen, but a laser pointer.

"Everyone look at the pen in my hand. It's a laser pointer," Elliot introduced.

The big screen projected the laser pointer.

"This is a very ordinary laser pointer that you can buy on online marketplaces for tens to hundreds of credits," Elliot continued. "Everyone must be very curious what I can do with a laser pointer, right?"

That's right, what can a laser pointer do?

Could it possibly attack computers or phones?

"Just now, we used a QR code to control everyone's phones. Now, we'll switch to this laser pointer. Do you believe I can do the same thing using only this laser pointer?" Elliot asked with a smile.

"You're saying you can use a laser pointer to control a phone?" Sam Ning asked in disbelief.

"Yes."

Elliot said this while turning on the laser pointer. A beam of green laser shone onto the phone he was holding in his other hand.

"I just need to shine the laser pointer on the phone to control it."

"This... this is impossible, right?" Sam Ning widened his eyes, his face full of doubt.

(End of this chapter)

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