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Did this app have anything to do with the huge QR codes which encoded far too much information? https://www.revk.uk/2020/09/how-not-to-qr-nhs-c19-app.html https
by seagullriffic 2y ago
Did this app have anything to do with the huge QR codes which encoded far too much information? https://www.revk.uk/2020/09/how-not-to-qr-nhs-c19-app.html https://www.revk.uk/2020/09/how-not-to-qr-nhs-c19-app.html
- edent 2y agoYes - another bit that I worked on (albeit tangentially). The QR code stuff was an interesting one. There was a worry that people would generate fraudulent codes - hence the weird (in my opinion) signing requirements. Similarly, with a URl there was a risk that people would open the page and think that was all they needed to do. Hence a code designed to be read by a specific app. I think (and you'll have to forgive my slightly hazy memory of a difficult time) that it was based on the same code New Zealand were using for their check-in service.
- seagullriffic 2y agoInteresting! That article I linked had lingered in my memory for a while, so good to hear a response to it!