QR Codes

QR Codes

• Please provide the link as well if sharing the matching QR Code
• All Evergreen Resistance QR Codes should link to the Evergreen Resistance site
  • Our site can automatically send them to the intended URL
  • Avoid using outside redirection or link-shortening service URLs
  • Example: Please don't use bit.ly for the QR Code links
• See Why these Practices for details

• ER Site

  https://evergreenresistance.org/

• Join ER

  https://evergreenresistance.org/to/?q=organize

• ER Instagram

  https://evergreenresistance.org/to/?q=er-ig

Why These Practices

Providing URLs (web addresses) in addition to QR codes

While phones are the most common way to see a flyer, they aren't the only way. A URL ensures that anyone can get to the destination.

In addition, bad actors have tricked people into following QR codes that lead to undesirable results, such as pro-authoritarian sites, links that grant others access to your Signal account, or malware pages, because the human eye can't recognize where a QR Code is taking you. Providing a link lets people see the url in advance. Some security-oriented users are reluctant to follow QR Codes blindly, and will instead not use a QR Code and are happier if a URL is provided.

Use only evergreenresistance.org links

A common practice is to use a "link shortener" (like bit.ly) as the URL the QR Code will take you. These links are redirections - loading that URL will automatically send you to a different URL. This provides a number of benefits:

• Tracking how many users are following the QR Code
• Allowing you to change the actual URL destination when you can't remove the original QR Code from public circulation (which can be critical given how quickly things change!)

The problem is that anyone checking where the QR Code leads before they follow it (modern phones will show a "preview" of the URL) will only see the redirection URL, which for a service like bit.ly and others tell a security-conscious person absolutely nothing.

By using our own redirection services on our site, we can keep those important benefits while reassuring any user previewing the QR Code URL that the link really is from us.