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By Kirk Miller That Coinbase ad involving a bouncing QR code? A week after its much-discussed Super Bowl appearance, it’s still generating talk (not all of it good). Most recently, Inc. noted that QR codes are increasingly being used by scammers. While a warning from the FBI that the publication mentions was released nearly a month before the Coinbase ad appeared, it’s certainly prescient. In the Jan. 18 announcement, the FBI suggested “cybercriminals are tampering with QR codes to redirect victims to malicious sites that steal login and financial information.” That particular ad you saw on TV…