Appreciate NYC finding ways to push up vax% but not sure what to say about the app they are promoting. Just checked this "NYC COVID Safe" app[1] which is claim

Appreciate NYC finding ways to push up vax% but not sure what to say about the app they are promoting. Just checked this "NYC COVID Safe" app[1] which is claimed to be "Key to NYC". All it does is taking and storing a photo on the phone. It obviously meant to be CDC paper card, but there seems no validation, client side or server side. (update it does phone home for some apparently analytics event like onboard, added card, etc) In contrast the NYS Excelsior Pass app [2] at least did some check on server side on personal information like name/DOB and place/date of vax before generate a QR code. Also there's another app for business side to verify the consumers' generated QR. It may not be 100% perfect but at least did some diligence. [1] https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nyc-covid-safe/id1565213506 https://apps.apple.com/us/app/nyc-covid-safe/id1565213506 [2] https://covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov/excelsior-pass https://covid19vaccine.health.ny.gov/excelsior-pass