On: What's Inside the EU Green Pass QR Code?

[michaelt]

> the official apps that let you check the record do not allow tracking, only verification.

So why are name and date of birth included in the QR code?

[mtmsr → michaelt]

Because you need a way for the pub to authenticate that this is indeed your qr code (matching your id)

[Mediterraneo10 → mtmsr]

The EU standard was developed for the purposes of avoiding additional quarantine or testing during cross-border travel, not going to pubs within one’s own country. For domestic use of proof of COVID vaccination, some countries developed their own internal standards alongside the EU standard.

[raxxorrax → mtmsr]

Not currently visiting pubs, I still wait until they stop validating their guests.

[nottorp → michaelt]

I don't think name and date of birth are enough for identity theft anywhere in Europe...

[solarexplorer → michaelt]

To check with your passport/id card that this is your QR code and not someone else’s…

[fsw → michaelt]

To compare it with name and DOB in the government ID.

[bigiain → michaelt]

I would guess so that they can use more traditional ID (like a drivers license) to confirm the vaccine record is yours.