Also, there is no possible revocable/online identity or characteristic verification that doesn’t ALSO leak the fact that identity was verified by a given device. Either the barcode is forgeable/copyable, OR the verifier makes a server call to get cross-validating data (like a photo).
The fact that my rogue-AI dealer verified my vaccination status probably isn’t legally usable against me, but I’d still rather it not be known or knowable.
I should have disclosed: I currently lean toward “vaccine passports are impossible to do well enough to pass a cost/benefit test”. This is a fairly weak belief, and I haven’t really come to grips with different vaccination rates and behaviors in different regions (I live in Seattle, and pretty much my entire 2nd-degree acquaintanceship is vaccinated or has an appointment to be (or is lying about it!)).
I’d be OK with a fairly easy-to-forge document with a penalty for forgery—that’s low-cost and low/medium benefit. More intrusive mechanisms ramp up in cost (in money and unreasonable discrimination and undue invasion of privacy) much faster than in value.
The fact that the system both needs access to a phone and to a driver license makes it discriminatory against people who lack one of those.
Also, there is no possible revocable/online identity or characteristic verification that doesn’t ALSO leak the fact that identity was verified by a given device. Either the barcode is forgeable/copyable, OR the verifier makes a server call to get cross-validating data (like a photo).
The fact that my rogue-AI dealer verified my vaccination status probably isn’t legally usable against me, but I’d still rather it not be known or knowable.
I can kinda live with the server call and attendant leakiness.
Honestly, I’m still “vaccine passport agnostic” but if you’re going to do it in a way that’s reasonably easy to enforce, Louisiana has it about right.
I should have disclosed: I currently lean toward “vaccine passports are impossible to do well enough to pass a cost/benefit test”. This is a fairly weak belief, and I haven’t really come to grips with different vaccination rates and behaviors in different regions (I live in Seattle, and pretty much my entire 2nd-degree acquaintanceship is vaccinated or has an appointment to be (or is lying about it!)).
I’d be OK with a fairly easy-to-forge document with a penalty for forgery—that’s low-cost and low/medium benefit. More intrusive mechanisms ramp up in cost (in money and unreasonable discrimination and undue invasion of privacy) much faster than in value.
I was talking to my brother last night and we agreed that there’s a chance we might get vaccine passports right just in time for the next pandemic.
Edited my post.