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To be clear, this is not merchant-customer relationship for payment, or for any interaction at all. It's something that stores post on all their entrances so t

To be clear, this is not merchant-customer relationship for payment, or for any interaction at all. It's something that stores post on all their entrances so that visitors can record their visit in the appropriate check-in application. The merchant has no access to the data, it's sent to a state government datastore. (Although questions over it's security still remain). It's also supposed to be able to operate in offline mode - where cellular and wifi signals are unavailable. For instance, a shopping centre's entrance in the middle of an underground carpark.

sbierwagen 5y ago
>To be clear, this I haven't read the submission, so the subject of "this" is unclear. Are you referring to Vietnam, South Korea or Australia?
- yen223 5y ago
  "This" appears to be about Australia, as that's how things work here in NSW
  - lifthrasiir 5y ago
    Ah, that makes sense. In fact I was not sure why replies try to say about the offline usability of certificates as I just used a SK approach as another example of inefficient QR code uses. I don't think the SK approach is better than others or vice versa as long as proper fallbacks are provided and it seems it's the case for either NSW, SK or EU anyway.
jimmydorry 5y ago
Important to note that offline mode (for QLD at least), was only introduced a few weeks ago, and only after a major service outage. QLD went almost the entire pandemic without something I would have thought was a critical feature (I am sure that I am not the only person walking around with a smartphone without a mobile data plan).
- toomanybeersies 5y ago
  Given my experience with government IT, none of that surprises me at all. I'm sure offline check-in was mentioned at some point, but then promptly dismissed, likely by a product manager saying "they can just check in using pen and paper". As for outages, even as a (paying) commercial customer, the closest you'll get to an SLA from any government agency is: "apart from scheduled maintenance and subject to unexpected outages, the service should be available 24x7"

sbierwagen 5y ago

>To be clear, this I haven't read the submission, so the subject of "this" is unclear. Are you referring to Vietnam, South Korea or Australia?

yen223 5y ago
"This" appears to be about Australia, as that's how things work here in NSW
- lifthrasiir 5y ago
  Ah, that makes sense. In fact I was not sure why replies try to say about the offline usability of certificates as I just used a SK approach as another example of inefficient QR code uses. I don't think the SK approach is better than others or vice versa as long as proper fallbacks are provided and it seems it's the case for either NSW, SK or EU anyway.

jimmydorry 5y ago

Important to note that offline mode (for QLD at least), was only introduced a few weeks ago, and only after a major service outage. QLD went almost the entire pandemic without something I would have thought was a critical feature (I am sure that I am not the only person walking around with a smartphone without a mobile data plan).

toomanybeersies 5y ago
Given my experience with government IT, none of that surprises me at all. I'm sure offline check-in was mentioned at some point, but then promptly dismissed, likely by a product manager saying "they can just check in using pen and paper". As for outages, even as a (paying) commercial customer, the closest you'll get to an SLA from any government agency is: "apart from scheduled maintenance and subject to unexpected outages, the service should be available 24x7"