Pictures of cats, Mickey Mouse, even a takeout menu from a BBQ restaurant: Users of New York City’s COVID SAFE app have discovered they can upload just about any photo into the new vaccine verification software.
Though the app only debuted this week, its vulnerabilities have come under scrutiny as the city announced a new policy to require proof of at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine for entry to indoor dining, gyms and entertainment performances.
“The New York City app is nothing more than a glorified photo storage app,” said Brian Linder of cybersecurity research company Check Point. He added, “When someone shows a picture of a card in this app, it's believed that it's real, but there's absolutely no verification of it whatsoever.”
City officials said it’s up to the staff at restaurants, gyms and event spaces to verify the authenticity of the pictures in the app--no different than bouncers checking drivers’ licenses at bars.
“The NYC COVID Safe App was designed with privacy at the top of mind, and allows someone to digitally store their CDC card and identification,” Laura Feyer, spokesperson for Mayor Bill de Blasio, said in an emailed statement. “Someone checking vaccination cards at the door to a restaurant or venue would see that those examples are not proper vaccine cards and act accordingly.”
But the COVID SAFE app creates an opening for a black market based on fake vaccine cards. While a bill criminalizing the falsification of vaccine records under state law is now awaiting Governor Andrew Cuomo’s signature, the opportunity for fraud is rampant on many levels.
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Soon, I’ll need a passport to buy bread, but nothing to vote.
"Blind belief in authority, is truths greatest enemy."
Albert Einstein
If Biden and the Commie Dems have their way, it will be a devastatingly cold winter.
They are going to eventually do climate change lockdowns...this Rona ordeal is just the test.
Sure would be nice if we had enough people with balls to resist shutdowns.
Will the the Zeta variant will turn people into zombies ?
I Better buy more ammo and beef jerky.
It's amazing how fast we are loosing our liberties in this county. Five years ago of someone said you are going to have to show a vaccination id card to go to a restaurant or gym everyone would have laughed at you as a crazy conspiracy theorist. Yet here we are. I wouldn't be surprised five years from now if we are a full blown communist country at this point.
But still no ID required to go vote. That should tell you something.
RESIST Americans !!!!! Resist this medical tyranny!!!’ Remember any establishment that asks for business and NEVER give them your business again, as an enemy of FREEDOM!!!!!
And I don’t wanna hear that they are just following the unethical, unlawful mandate. This is UmAmerican!
Which variant can we blame for convincing people to reject vaccination cards but willingly choose to pay for cards showing their loyalty to a twice-impeached, one-term president? They still haven't discovered the cure for 'stupid'.
@“ Sure would be nice if we had enough people with balls to resist shutdowns.”
Sure would be nice if we had enough people with balls to get the vaccine.
Should we focus on the 99.99% of people who have successfully beat coronavirus with natural immunity ?
I must say JQ your pictures being used here are getting better !
"I Better buy more ammo and beef jerky"
And if your girlfriend weighs more than your pick-up you better get extra.
Anonymous #8, please feel free to deny these establishments your patronage. The idea is that the vaxxed NYers will take your place there. It will be a selling point for those that want to be safe.
Most New Yorkers are Sheep and will do what ever their so called Tyrant/DemOrAt Tells Them !
Tyrant
A tyrant, in the modern English usage of the word, is an absolute ruler who is unrestrained by law, or one who has usurped a legitimate ruler's sovereignty. Often portrayed as cruel, tyrants may defend their positions by resorting to repressive means.Wikipedia
"Sure would be nice if we had enough people with balls to get the vaccine."
The vaccine is "leaky," meaning the vaccinated are the ones producing the variants.
This is what killed millions of chickens who were vaccinated for Marek's disease. First it kills the unvaccinated, then it kills the vaccinated. But hey, don't read scientific journals; be lazy and listen to the politicians. They have your back.
God forbid you do some actual research. So much easier to listen to Fauci who, BTW, stole Luc Montagnier's HIV research. People in the medical and pharmaceutical fields know all about Fauci, a corrupt little weasel, who owns the patents on dozens of vaccines.
The Excelsior Pass works for me. They confirm the information before they issue the card on your phone. The whole process took 2 minutes.
Will Shutdowns happen again since they've NOT reached their agenda ?
Thanks to all the uninnoculated people who refuse to be forced to sacrifice themselves to take experimental shots.
And if your girlfriend weighs more than your pick-up you better get extra.
If your girlfriend weighs more than your pick-up, you should probably rely on Chewy to deliver the food.
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"Should we focus on the 99.99% of people who have successfully beat coronavirus with natural immunity"
Should we focus on 700,000 dead Americans? Real people with grieving families? Soon to be a million? All due to stupid Americans, unwilling to get vaccinated or wear masks to protect their own stupid selves, their own families or other people. People so moronic that the have listened to the murderous morons Trump, DeSantis and their ilk. So what percent would make you think this is a real problem?
To ron s said... and Julie B. said...
My Body my choice ! Good for you both who made the decission to take the jab but...
Nobody knows the long term effects of a vacine unapproved by the FDA !
"It will be a selling point for those that want to be safe"
Safe ? Really Girl, do you read the news or just watch CNN ?
MAGA2022 said...
No shortage of leftist dogmatic ideology !
Some Readers here are literally the type of people who will turn in family and friends to the government for “wrong think”.
Old Populists said...
Im from the school of keeping my thoughts on subjects like these,religion, and politics to myself. If I got the vaccines or not is none of anyone's business, just like what another person does is their business. At some point in the past people just made it a point to always state their opinion like it's fact and anything you believe is wrong. I just don't partake and it saves me so much hassle. I also listen to people's opinion and respect their right to have em but once they try to force it down my throat, I disengage. Honestly I stopped watching the news well over a year ago...with everything to do with Covid and the Election just didn't grab my attention and I got tired of the fear mongering. I feel safe going out, so I just took it upon myself to go out and live my life and enjoy shit. I'm not gonna sit in and be scared of the outside world just because someone says it's scary.
When they talked about how this Jab is like Nazi Germany. The argument is "NO, it's not Hitler killed millions of Jews". Ask a Liberal what they think about the non-vaccinated, they will say "well, they deserve to die".....Hmmm that's not like the Nazis at all...
Sweden here.. No Lockdowns and no masks. We are doing great and still have our jobs.
For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. - Ephesians 6:12
“Tolerance will reach such a level that intelligent people will be banned from thinking so as not to offend the imbeciles.” Take the RED Pill people before it's too late.
Is the Delta variant only here to make sure we have mass mail in ballots for 2022?
No "Dick" pictures?
I would like to commend Queens Crap for posting ALL comments for even those highly charged posts, unlike the Upper Left Side's West Side Rag https://www.westsiderag.com/2021/08/05/four-ways-to-prove-youre-vaccinated .
WSR is a hyperlocal where the moderators routinely censor. Look at the number of comments posted versus the actual comments in their similar article above.
Been reading Queens Crap for quite a long time and have always found articles and comments of interest that I might not see elsewhere.
Keep this in mind. In 2019 there were 7.7 Billion people in the world. In 2021 there are nearly 7.9 billion and it's only July. https://www.worldometers.info/world-population/
People dying of Covid?
Really? Where?
Care facilities...... because the elderly under stress and alone are vulnerable to a lot of illnesses!
Where are the forensic pathologists for the rest of the deaths?
***CRICKETS.***
There is a difference between dying of Covid and dying with Covid.
Be Americans! Protect Your God-Given Rights!
City officials are practically begging us to fight beck against all of their ridiculous and confusing mandates.
They are mandates for a reason. Mandates are not laws! There is no penal or civil code for a mandate.
A Vaccine Passport is a Sting Operation!
Thank you Queens Crap for helping to uphold our rights and values.
@"Be Americans! Protect Your God-Given Rights!"
When did God give you these rights? Was it before or after the 10 Commandments. I don't remember God saying anything in particular about America. In fact, I don't even think he/she knew that America existed at the time. Can you explain? Then again, as you didn't specify which God, you may be referring to one of the many other multitudes of Gods out there. Please keep us updated on this God of yours.
Thank You.
"People dying of Covid?
Really? Where? "
Here's one
@ "When did God give you these rights? Was it before or after the 10 Commandments. "
Creative!
The facts are still the facts and they haven't been refuted yet. Confusing the issue does not obscure the facts.....
They only shine brighter.
@ "Here's One"
I am sorry for the loss of Dick Farrel, but I question The Guardian's reporting. Were there co-morbidities? We will never know since that reporting would go against HIPAA in the US unless the family approved it.
This is an English newspaper reporting on a fairly obscure radio host who airs on an entirely different continent.
Of what possible interest could this be to the UK, except to incite further fear? The English are currently protesting against the shots, passports and other mandates in fierce numbers. The Guardian's story was written to support a narrative for the UK audience without thorough investigation.
Please also keep in mind that there is no test for any of the variants, so how do they know there are any? And the PCR's emergency use authorization has been revoked since it can't distinguish between a cold and the flu. How come nobody gets the flu anymore? How come no one comes down with colds anymore?
Explore other news resources and get a different view of the story. Compare with MSM and see which is accurate! We all need to start thinking critically again.
For how long do you want to be whipped back and forth between unlawful mask mandates, lockdowns and vaccine passports?
How many letters in the Greek alphabet? That's how many variants there will be-and then some-to fire up that panic porn machine over and over again. Quit living in irrational fear of a disease with a 1% death rate already. Once was more than enough.
God Bless America !
"There is a difference between dying of Covid and dying with Covid"
Good point !
@“ God Bless America !”
Why would God bless America ahead of any other country? If he really created the world, would he not want to bless the whole world and not just America. Actually maybe the whole universe while he’s at it. From what I read, he actually prefers his homelands around Palestine, but his blessings haven’t done a whole lotta good over there. So maybe it’s better not get any blessings at all from him. Just saying.,,
God Bless America !
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
"Anonymous said...
God Bless America !
John 3:16
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life."
I love the way they put the "believeth" and other "ye olde english" words in there to make it more authentic looking. I always wonder how God/Jesus and the Apostles spoke in "ye olde english" back in Palestine in the good "ye olde" days.
Wonder why they never mentioned America, Europe or Asia in the Bible? I thought God was all knowing.
I found a cure for leftism:
Tell them breathing is right-wing.
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