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.
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.