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Compare Chrome extensions: ScanQR vs PictureMate - View tagged FB pics

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Stats ScanQR ScanQR PictureMate - View tagged FB pics PictureMate - View tagged FB pics
User count 3,000,000+ 102,871+
Average rating 2.88 4.02
Rating count 187 5,561
Last updated 2019-03-05 2020-02-27
Size 53.77K 8.03M
Version 0.0.4.0 3.1.14
Short description
Scans QR codes using your webcam. View hidden tagged photos of anyone without being friends (This is a NON-official Facebook app)
Full summary

Scans QR codes and displays their contents on a Chromebook or other computer with a suitable webcam. What's a "suitable" webcam? It's one that can focus the QR code within the red square in the app sharply enough that the app can decode it. My test results:

  • Chromebook Pixel: yes
  • Samsung ARM Chromebook: yes
  • Acer C7 Chromebook: yes
  • CR48: yes
  • 2009 MacBook Pro: yes, except for very small, dense QR codes
  • 2011 iMac: no, unless the QR code is ridiculously large (over one foot across)

If Chrome implements an API to let developers adjust camera-focus settings, I'll be able to improve the app to work with more cameras.

Source: https://github.com/sowbug/scanqr-app

Disclaimer: This is NOT an official Facebook app.

PictureMate is a single button on Chrome for you to find publicly tagged photos of anyone on Facebook or other social media sites without requiring to be friends with them

To use:

  1. Go to a user's profile (You don't need to be friends)
  2. Click on PIctureMate's icon

How does this work:

PictureMate finds the user’s ID of a given profile, and through graph search, finds all tagged photos of anyone.