Provided are a kiosk and method for anonymously relaying content from a public kiosk to a portable electronic device. The method includes receiving user input corresponding to content requested by a user, and accessing information stored by a non-transitory computer-readable medium. With at least one computer processor, an output comprising a computer-readable code encoding the content requested by the user is generated, and displayed using a computer display device operatively connected to the at least one computer processor. The computer-readable code, as a result of being captured by an optical imaging device provided to the portable electronic device, is interpreted to cause the portable electronic device to execute computer-executable instructions stored by the portable electronic device to perform an operation corresponding to the computer-readable code.