Heinz Is Very Sorry for Ketchup Bottle's QR Code That Led to a Porn Site

The perils of letting a domain lapse

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As proof that time makes fools of us all, an out-of-date Heinz ketchup QR code sent unsuspecting German man David Korell to a hardcore pornography site. The code was part of a Heinz contest which let consumers design their own labels. That ended last year, and when Heinz let the website expire, porn company Fundorado stepped in and bought it.

Yes, they already made an EZ Squirt joke. No, I'm not going to repeat it.

Korell, who just wanted to design a label without getting swept up in a pornado, was understandably ruffled.

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