NYC's new app for covid vax/test status is now live.
iPhone: apps.apple.com/us/app/nyc-cov…
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/det…
It's different from the State's Excelsior app in some significant ways.
iPhone: apps.apple.com/us/app/nyc-cov…
Android: play.google.com/store/apps/det…
It's different from the State's Excelsior app in some significant ways.
Excelsior checks against the State's immunization database. This reduces likelihood of fraud, but a not insignificant # of people can't get it to work because, for example, one letter of their name is off in the official record. Also it doesn't work if you got vax'd out of state.
The City's new app simply stores a picture of your vax card, test result, etc. It doesn't communicate with any outside databases. This will allay some people's privacy fears--especially for, say, undocumented immigrants.
How any of this works, and whether it matters at all, depends on whether more establishments actually start screening for vax/test status, how meticulous they are at checking that the name matches an ID etc etc
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