Citing this work¶

If you use, evaluate, compare, or extend this PoC in academic or technical work, please cite the published paper that defines its trust-model foundation.

Current published paper¶

Hassan El-Masri, “QR Navigation Security Is Not Primarily a Cryptography Problem: A Trust-Model Framework for Managed Issuer Verification, Destination Binding, and Runtime Safety” (April 12, 2026), SSRN Abstract 6577478.

• SSRN abstract page
• DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.6577478

The SSRN record lists the paper as 22 pages and publicly posted in May 2026. This repository contains subsequent implementation and evaluation work, so the paper and software should not be treated as identical artifacts.

Suggested citation¶

El-Masri, Hassan, QR Navigation Security Is Not Primarily a Cryptography Problem: A Trust-Model Framework for Managed Issuer Verification, Destination Binding, and Runtime Safety (April 12, 2026). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=6577478 or https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.6577478.

BibTeX¶

@misc{elmasri2026qrtrust,
  author       = {El-Masri, Hassan},
  title        = {QR Navigation Security Is Not Primarily a Cryptography Problem: A Trust-Model Framework for Managed Issuer Verification, Destination Binding, and Runtime Safety},
  date         = {2026-04-12},
  doi          = {10.2139/ssrn.6577478},
  howpublished = {SSRN},
  url          = {https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=6577478}
}

Software citation¶

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