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[โ€“] themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.works 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah, I know. Why would anyone ever use them if creating one required a certificate? If the certificate was so cheap as to not be an obstacle then it wouldn't be a deterrent to malicious replacement of codes either.

[โ€“] Bilaketari@reddthat.com 1 points 38 minutes ago

Because you can make it so that the required certificate/signature has to meet certain criteria to work. For instance, imagine there was a PayPal equivalent type app for paying QR codes, and they required all codes to be signed by one of their business customers (who they have on file). Or with a certificate they themselves issue their customers.