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Here is how government-issued QR codes (not only vaccination ones) works in my country: it's just a link to government site. Why reinvent crypto, PKI and all?
by IngvarLynn 5y ago
Here is how government-issued QR codes (not only vaccination ones) works in my country: it's just a link to government site.
Why reinvent crypto, PKI and all? Also solves updates/invalidation issues.
- infotogivenm 5y agoIf you want to minimize the time people spent waiting in queue to have these passes scanned, an offline validation method makes a lot of sense. Also optimizes time spent in queue while site is down or overloaded.
- Jenda_ 5y agoOffline method also helps with privacy, as there is no central online database where the validation requests can be observed.