> the £250,000 contract to provide the cloud software for the certification system was handed to Entrust, an American IT firm which has previously been involved

> the £250,000 contract to provide the cloud software for the certification system was handed to Entrust, an American IT firm which has previously been involved in rolling out national ID systems in Albania, Ghana and Malaysia. ... Entrust, commented that “vaccine credentials can become part of the infrastructure of the new normal”. If people are used to proving their health status on an app to go to a restaurant or football match, it will be hard for them to object if the app is extended to also prove that they are in the country legally and aren't wanted by the police, for example. Such a feature would still be useful even after the pandemic, so the system will never be dismantled.