Supermarkets are going to be offering another method of payment, that being via a 'QR code'.
Briefly,
QR codes are data gathering points not as secure as what is already offered via contact-less payment system with your smartphone even though it too can be compromised quite easily.
This is another ploy for corporations (Coles, Woolworths, etc) to gather MORE information from you, integrated into one easy action.
You have no oversight or control what data will be siphoned from your phone.
Australia, being a Tier 1 data gathering point, i.e. part of the five eyes global surveillance network, has on its agenda to collect as much information from the general population as possible, where now the focus is shifted to the population supplying this data and not the government or agencies actively pursuing it, i.e. huge cost savings.
See the federal government's warning regarding the use QR codes, within the headline:-
Federal Government Agency Issues Warning About QR Codes,
within the link:
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