"If Big Tech has specific apps they will work with, then this would go a long way to cut down on the volume of app solutions that are currently flooding the market," said Sam Gazeley, digital research analyst at ABI Research. "It would help to a degree by removing the risk of fraudulent certification from forged documents entering circulation." Some vaccine verification apps, such as New York City's NYC Safe app, have faced criticism from some privacy experts for being a "dressed-up camera app," allowing users to upload photos of their vaccine card -- or of anything -- and leaving the onus on business owners to determine if it's real.

Link: Big Tech failed with contact tracing. Can it do better with vaccine passport apps?
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