Epitome: Press X to doubt
By Elliott Richardson, Craig Daveson and Jonas Lopez in Epitome on Tuesday, 14th September 2021 at 11:34am
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Business | As Australia looks to open up by the end of the year, the major push from both state and federal governments has been on vaccine passports.
Federal digital minister and home data addict Stuart Robert claims the apps needed for the vaccine passports to work will be ready to go by the end of the month. However Tom Burton and Jessica Sier from The Fin have been told by the tech industry and experts not to get your hopes up just yet. The industry, as it is wont to do, has said it could build a better system than the government so “pls gib monies”.
The concern from experts is that valid certificates can’t be easily distinguished from fake certificates. Associate...
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