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State Chapters => California => Topic started by: NewsJunkie on August 08, 2020, 02:56:04 pm
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An ill-conceived California bill endorses a blockchain-based system that would turn COVID-19 test results into permanent records that could be used to grant access to public places.
EFF and ACLU oppose California A.B. 2004. The newest version of this bill would create a pilot program for using “verifiable health credentials†to report COVID-19 and other medical test results. The bill defines such a credential as “a portable electronic patient record,†for which authenticity “can be independently verified cryptographically.†The bill’s fact sheet explains that these credentials “use blockchain technology†to create “a provable health record†for purpose of “travel, returning to employment, immunization status, and so on.†Three rounds of official bill analysis provide the same explanation.
This bill is a blockchain solution in search of a problem, and COVID-19 is a problem that will not be so easily solved.
That’s a huge privacy concern. No one should have to unlock their phone and expose their health information in order to gain entry to their office, school, or neighborhood market.
MORE:
https://www.thedailyfodder.com/2020/08/no-to-blockchain-credentials-of-covid.html (https://www.thedailyfodder.com/2020/08/no-to-blockchain-credentials-of-covid.html)
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The OP article is over 2 1/2 months old. The bill, as most recently amended, is http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billCompareClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2004&showamends=false (http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billCompareClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2004&showamends=false) . Maybe someone like @Jazzhead can correct me, but this looks pretty much like what is already being done with medical records and tests (speaking from very recent experience). Perhaps amendments to the bill have addressed EFF's concerns.
This looks to be an example of why using and posting from WhoTheHeckIsThat.com type clickbaity sources is not a great habit.
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The OP article is over 2 1/2 months old. The bill, as most recently amended, is http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billCompareClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2004&showamends=false (http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billCompareClient.xhtml?bill_id=201920200AB2004&showamends=false) . Maybe someone like @Jazzhead can correct me, but this looks pretty much like what is already being done with medical records and tests (speaking from very recent experience). Perhaps amendments to the bill have addressed EFF's concerns.
This looks to be an example of why using and posting from WhoTheHeckIsThat.com type clickbaity sources is not a great habit.
Dismissing the "1984" type possibility of such is a fool's errand....I'll bet you the donut of your choice that this shit becomes real at some point. Don't underestimate the insanity of liberal controlled states so easily just because you distrust the source of information.