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> Or make daily life dependent on showing your NHS number? Easy to fake, so we'd need NHS photo id-cards to get a coffee, ... sounds a bit police-statey to me .

> Or make daily life dependent on showing your NHS number? Easy to fake, so we'd need NHS photo id-cards to get a coffee, ... sounds a bit police-statey to me ... etc Exactly, yet this is exactly what Germany, France and Italy are doing right now. You need the QR code which contains your name / DOB + Photo ID

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Officially, they don't need your PII to validate your certificate: "The personal data of the certificate holder does not pass through the gateway, as this is not necessary to verify the digital signature" [1] That said, I've not actually looked in to how these work... In Berlin at least, it's rare to get an ID check at a restaurant, usually someone just glances at your phone. [1] https://ec.europa.eu/info/live-work-travel-eu/coronavirus-response/safe-covid-19-vaccines-europeans/eu-digital-covid-certificate_en https://ec.europa.eu/info/live-work-travel-eu/coronavirus-re... edit: further: "The CovPassCheck app processes the QR code only in the working memory of the smartphone and does not store any data." [2] [2] https://digitaler-impfnachweis-app.apps.public.bfarm.de/en/covpasscheck-app https://digitaler-impfnachweis-app.apps.public.bfarm.de/en/c...