Select a different provider for the `qr` bang

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Repository of bangs used by Kagi Search

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Select a different provider for the `qr` bang #64

Open NoahAndrews opened 3 months ago

NoahAndrews commented 3 months ago

The qr bang to generate a QR code currently uses qrserver.com, which doesn't even have a homepage. I have zero reason to trust this entity to always faithfully represent the provided text as a QR code, without modifying any links to be malicious now or in the future. Please select a different QR code generator (ideally, one run by Kagi).

NoahAndrews commented 3 months ago

Apparently they used to be a software contracting firm? https://web.archive.org/web/20230318101626/http://qrserver.com/

The title back then referred to "Faworsoft software", which I assume is this site, but the only page of theirs that loads for me is their corporate policies. It definitely doesn't feel like an active company, and if they're defunct, their assets can be sold to the highest bidder.

nobodywasishere commented 3 months ago

Thank you for bringing this up! We'll investigate hosting our own QR code generator and get back to you about this issue.