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No, from what i understand just a PDF you download thats easy to edit: https://beta.ctvnews.ca/local/calgary/2021/9/14/1_5585393/_jcr_content/root/responsivegri

No, from what i understand just a PDF you download thats easy to edit: https://beta.ctvnews.ca/local/calgary/2021/9/14/1_5585393/_jcr_content/root/responsivegrid/image.coreimg.jpeg/1631715087586/1-5584975.jpeg https://beta.ctvnews.ca/local/calgary/2021/9/14/1_5585393/_j... alberta yet again drops the ball. Maybe you are thinking about BC who rolled out a signed QR code that could be saved on the phone/printed + an app from the government that does verification.

smnrchrds 5y ago
Out of the four big provinces, two (BC and Quebec) have released their vaccine passport app and QR code system and the other two (Alberta and Ontario) are still in the process of rolling one out.
- barbazoo 5y ago
  I hope at least some of the tech is shared between provinces
  - morvita 5y ago
    I'm not sure how Quebec's system works, but BC's vaccine cards are based on the SMART Health Card [0] standard. The validation app they've put out is open source [1]. I haven't looked at the validation app's code, but I assume the main reason the have their own app instead of pointing businesses to one of the existing SMART Health Card validators is so they can bundle the public keys used for verifying the QR data wasn't tampered with allowing the app to work offline. The SMART Health Card system does provide a way to download the public keys (I've checked and BC does publish them as expected), but it's probably easier to guarantee offline functionality here. [0] https://smarthealth.cards/index.html https://smarthealth.cards/index.html [1] https://github.com/bcgov/BCVAX-iOS https://github.com/bcgov/BCVAX-iOS, https://github.com/bcgov/BCVAX-Android https://github.com/bcgov/BCVAX-Android
    - fknorangesite 5y ago
      > I'm not sure how Quebec's system works An explanation: https://mikkel.ca/blog/digging-into-quebecs-proof-of-vaccination/ https://mikkel.ca/blog/digging-into-quebecs-proof-of-vaccina...
  - halostatue 5y ago
    snort Not with the bozos in charge of Alberta and Ontario. I _believe_ that Québec _offered_ Ontario parts of its app (the backend medical systems part would require something different) and our chuckleheads said “nah; we can build this in less than 90 days” (it took Québec ~4 months).
- fknorangesite 5y ago
  Manitoba has had a system in place for several weeks. It's simple: the QR code is just a URL that exposes a yes/no and the person's name to be matched against photo ID. The person scanning has to download the (free) official app to avoid someone setting up a copycat site, but that's trivial.
  - katbyte 5y ago
    that seem less idea then a signed QR code thats entirely offline - basically allows the government to track when someone is scanned.
raxxorrax 5y ago
Wouldn't I only need an image viewer? I have my QR code saved as an image. Didn't need it yet and I think I might delete it after I went for holidays. To be honest, I think this form of passport isn't worthy to support, so I wouldn't condemn Alberta here too much (not from the US)
- katbyte 5y ago
  to show it? yea you just show the QR code. then someone with the app scans it to verify it

smnrchrds 5y ago

Out of the four big provinces, two (BC and Quebec) have released their vaccine passport app and QR code system and the other two (Alberta and Ontario) are still in the process of rolling one out.

barbazoo 5y ago
I hope at least some of the tech is shared between provinces
- morvita 5y ago
  I'm not sure how Quebec's system works, but BC's vaccine cards are based on the SMART Health Card [0] standard. The validation app they've put out is open source [1]. I haven't looked at the validation app's code, but I assume the main reason the have their own app instead of pointing businesses to one of the existing SMART Health Card validators is so they can bundle the public keys used for verifying the QR data wasn't tampered with allowing the app to work offline. The SMART Health Card system does provide a way to download the public keys (I've checked and BC does publish them as expected), but it's probably easier to guarantee offline functionality here. [0] https://smarthealth.cards/index.html https://smarthealth.cards/index.html [1] https://github.com/bcgov/BCVAX-iOS https://github.com/bcgov/BCVAX-iOS, https://github.com/bcgov/BCVAX-Android https://github.com/bcgov/BCVAX-Android
  - fknorangesite 5y ago
    > I'm not sure how Quebec's system works An explanation: https://mikkel.ca/blog/digging-into-quebecs-proof-of-vaccination/ https://mikkel.ca/blog/digging-into-quebecs-proof-of-vaccina...
- halostatue 5y ago
  snort Not with the bozos in charge of Alberta and Ontario. I _believe_ that Québec _offered_ Ontario parts of its app (the backend medical systems part would require something different) and our chuckleheads said “nah; we can build this in less than 90 days” (it took Québec ~4 months).
fknorangesite 5y ago
Manitoba has had a system in place for several weeks. It's simple: the QR code is just a URL that exposes a yes/no and the person's name to be matched against photo ID. The person scanning has to download the (free) official app to avoid someone setting up a copycat site, but that's trivial.
- katbyte 5y ago
  that seem less idea then a signed QR code thats entirely offline - basically allows the government to track when someone is scanned.

raxxorrax 5y ago

Wouldn't I only need an image viewer? I have my QR code saved as an image. Didn't need it yet and I think I might delete it after I went for holidays. To be honest, I think this form of passport isn't worthy to support, so I wouldn't condemn Alberta here too much (not from the US)

katbyte 5y ago
to show it? yea you just show the QR code. then someone with the app scans it to verify it