Google is changing the way you confirm if contacts are legit. The company has begun rolling out a QR code to verify that the person you're communicating with is, in fact, who they say they are, ...

Among the many changes brought about by the pandemic is the widespread use of QR codes, graphical representations of digital data that can be printed and later scanned by a smartphone or other device.

These days, it's easy for anyone to take out their phones and scan a QR Code to see a food menu or to pay a bill. But QR Codes can also make it easy for scammers to access your personal information.