Chat PSA - QR codes, do NOT send to agencies or MPs if they ask

[LazyBoy]

So, I tried the corresponding app that reads the QR code and it not only gives your vac status, it gives your full legal name. So, if agencies or MPs try to get you to send your QR code or scan it, do NOT let them.

 

[altaguetta]

What about giving the QR code to the security in the building just to get to an incall appt???

 

[Old No. 7]

Yes, bit of a dilemma if they ask because it is designed to give your info.
When going to a restaurant, for instance, you have to show ID as well as your QR code so they can see that you are actually the person who owns that validated QR code.

 

[Deleted member 92532]

So, I tried the corresponding app that reads the QR code and it not only gives your vac status, it gives your full legal name. So, if agencies or MPs try to get you to send your QR code or scan it, do NOT let them.

Have any of them….asked for this…?????

 

[Sybarite]

MPs shouldn't be asking for it... vax status not required in personal care settings.

 

[LazyBoy]

Don't know if any agencies or MPs have asked for it but I figure why not just put it out there? The Verify Ontario app is marketed to businesses so how many individuals would install it? Other than me of course!

 

[cupcrazy]

I suppose you will need a business license number to install the verify Ontario app.

I will continue to use the paper version. Fuck the qr code. I heard thr government is using the qr code to track your movement.

 

[Bananafruit]

Eh. It's no big deal showing your real name to prove you're covid vaccinated.

Some of you are such drama queens.

 

[Old No. 7]

Don't know if any agencies or MPs have asked for it but I figure why not just put it out there? The Verify Ontario app is marketed to businesses so how many individuals would install it? Other than me of course!

I suppose you will need a business license number to install the verify Ontario app.

I will continue to use the paper version. Fuck the qr code. I heard thr government is using the qr code to track your movement.

I also installed the Verify app.
No business number required.

 

[cupcrazy]

I see. Well, I wouldn't let you or other people scan my qr code unless I have to enter the business and I am no longer allowed to present the paper confirmation slip

 

[Old No. 7]

I see. Well, I wouldn't let you or other people scan my qr code unless I have to enter the business and I am no longer allowed to present the paper confirmation slip

I installed it to test a few friends' QR codes (at their request) to make sure they worked properly and to see what info is shown.
Nothing nefarious about it and I would never ask someone if I could scan their code.

 

[xtc27]

Eh. It's no big deal showing your real name to prove you're covid vaccinated.

Some of you are such drama queens.

… they can’t remember my name even when I ask them 2…


3 letters, 2 numbers, so e-z!

 

[Bananafruit]

… they can’t remember my name even when I ask them 2…

Exactly. I've been using my real name with the girls for years. If they like you they know the business and won't ask about your personal details. If they don't like you all they'll remember is how much you tip - and then share that info with other girls.

 

[Flatulent Fox]

I suppose you will need a business license number to install the verify Ontario app.

I will continue to use the paper version. Fuck the qr code. I heard thr government is using the qr code to track your movement.

"i HeArD!!!"

The app doesn't have location permission so it can't track your movement. The app is open source and the source code is here:

GitHub - ongov/OpenVerify: The open source Verify app by the Government of Ontario

The open source Verify app by the Government of Ontario - ongov/OpenVerify

github.com

Anyone with the skills to do so can review the code for suspicious activity or security issues, and many already have.

 

[Toucan]

I suppose you will need a business license number to install the verify Ontario app.

I will continue to use the paper version. Fuck the qr code. I heard thr government is using the qr code to track your movement.

Real talk, how does one track via a QR code? It's literally just a bar code... Whether that's a digital copy or on paper, it doesn't really matter.. The only way they can track is if they scan it (paper or digital) and track it like FourSquare or something, and 19/20 places I went to don't even scan it. So it's a pretty shitty tracking system

 

[LazyBoy]

I've shown my QR code a couple of times now at restaurants. No big deal as they don't even have to scan it because my full name is right there beside the code. I was more thinking along the lines of if SPs or MPs ask you to send the code so they can "pre-screen" you. That would be a huge NO NO.

 

[snoopdoggie]

So, I tried the corresponding app that reads the QR code and it not only gives your vac status, it gives your full legal name. So, if agencies or MPs try to get you to send your QR code or scan it, do NOT let them.

Good advice. Don't share any personal information about yourself to anyone. Identity theft is rampant, worse than Covid itself.

I just read the other day, some scammers posted fake job openings on line, just so they can get personal information from innocent job seekers.

 

[snoopdoggie]

I see. Well, I wouldn't let you or other people scan my qr code unless I have to enter the business and I am no longer allowed to present the paper confirmation slip

What about people who don't have cell phones? There's gotta be some exceptions for that.

 

[snoopdoggie]

Eh. It's no big deal showing your real name to prove you're covid vaccinated.

Some of you are such drama queens.

I guess everyone's a drama queen until they get scammed.

 

[snoopdoggie]

I suppose you will need a business license number to install the verify Ontario app.

I will continue to use the paper version. Fuck the qr code. I heard thr government is using the qr code to track your movement.

Your opinion isn't so far fetched. All you guys need to do is make a few copies of your vaccination proof, and laminate them for durability and protection. Fuck the QR codes.

If the government can't force vaccinations, then nobody's going to tell me to use a QR code instead of the paper version.