alan_m wrote
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Clearly not a problem with digital passports and driver's licenses.

But these can be checked by a third party with their own access to the
data base.

So can a digital vaccination passport.

If you are stopped driving a car the police will first check the cars
number plate to see who it is registered to and then ask for your name. If
number plate, name, tax, mot, licence and insurance all tie up you, as a
law abiding citizen, are probably in the clear on those points. If not
further questions will be asked, which can be checked on the data base(s).

Just as true of a digital vaccination passport.

The police will not just take the plastic photo driving licence as proof
of ownership, licence validity, insurance etc.

Just as true of a digital vaccination passport.

A covid passport on your phone where you are entering the details

The covid passport doesnt have to be done like that.

is no more valid than having a fake plastic photo driving licence in your
wallet.

If the government is considering covid passport for visits to the pub,
theatre, concerts, football matches, coach trips etc. which third party is
going to check the vaccination data base for the details?

Same one that check your digital driver's licence
to see if they can legally server you alcohol.

You tell this third party your name is fred

Nope, you show them the digital covid passport.

so how are they going to establish that your name is actually fred before
looking at the data.

Same way they check its your digital driver's licence
when deciding whether they will serve you alcohol.

The question has to be if covid passports for domestic use is a sensible
way forward if they are easily circumvented.

They arent, just like digital driver's licences and digital passports arent.

All the covid apps so far have been promoted with a loud government
fanfare but in reality have proved to be rather ineffective.

Thats not true of digital driver's licences and digital passports.

How may in this newsgroup have the Covid app on their phone that is
enabled (incl. bluetooth) every time they leave their home?

Irrelevant to whether a digital covid passport is viable.

The covid app doesnt allow you into a pub or gym etc.