As New York becomes the first major US city to mandate proof of vaccination against Covid-19 for activities like going to restaurants and theaters, technology experts are raising concerns that vaccine passport apps have accuracy and privacy problems.
do not have smartphones, a lack of connectivity that Cahn said “disproportionately affects low income and BIPOC communities.”
The New York State Office of Information Technology Services declined to respond to specific questions about the Excelsior Pass. Scott Reif, a spokesperson, wrote: “Excelsior Pass provides a free, fast and secure way to present digital proof of an individual’s COVID-19 vaccination or negative test result – allowing us to safely reopen and get back to normal as quickly as possible.”
in detail how any blockchain, the digital ledger at the core of Bitcoin and other digital cryptocurrencies, among other applications, is involved.two months ago how easy it was to fraudulently gain access to another person’s vaccination records with that person’s name and a few Google searches, conceivably enabling him to get into a vaccination-only venue under false pretenses.
, a professor of security and privacy technology and the director of Carnegie Mellon CyLab Security and Privacy Institute. She also previously was the chief technologist at the FTC. Cranor keeps a digital picture of her paper card on her phone, but she has rarely been asked to show anyone other than her university that she has been vaccinated.
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