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More than 5,000 Australians were targeted in COVID-19 related scams this year, as scammers take advantage of people s fears during the coronavirus pandemic.
Contact tracers rely on QR code scan-in technology to locate and isolate potential contacts of confirmed COVID-19 cases.
Experts warn that if we don t know where we are leaving our digital data, we could be exposing ourselves to risk.
University of New South Wales Cybersecurity expert Kate Carruthers told SBS News when it comes to commercial or privately owned QR applications, there is little regulation to prevent data from falling into the wrong hands.