YOU SCANNED A QR CODE
That could have been a bad idea.
A QR code is just a link you cannot read at a glance. A sticker can be replaced. A sign can be altered. A code can send you somewhere very different from where you thought you were going.
BEFORE YOU SCAN
Treat random QR codes like random links.
Use your camera or scanner preview to inspect the domain before opening it. A familiar-looking page means nothing if the address is wrong.
A QR code can lead to a convincing phishing page just as easily as an email can.
Codes on parking meters, flyers, payment terminals, menus, or public signs can be covered with another code.
A QR destination asking for an app, profile, certificate, extension, or unusual permission deserves extra scrutiny.
THIS ONE
Now for why the code was here.
If you have an Illinois driver’s license, permit, or state ID, the Secretary of State maintains a photograph captured through that credential process. Illinois law also expressly addresses facial-recognition search services involving those photographs.
The credential population is not adult-only. Illinois says there is no minimum age for a state ID card, and instruction permits may be issued beginning at age 15 under specified conditions.
THE SHORT VERSION
THE RULE
If the evidence does not establish it, NoRec does not present it as fact.
NoRec.US documents government surveillance systems using statutes, policies, contracts, public records, government reports, and other source material. Unknowns stay unknown until the record answers them.