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Re:NHS Covid-19 app update blocked for breaking Apple and Go... by djrogers on Monday April 12, 2021 @02:42PM (#26783336)
Why would the app need to do a lookup? Store the numbers, and if/when you test positive then submit them along with your bluetooth keys.

Seems to me like a lot of these problems go away if governments stop making things more complicated than they need to be.

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Re:NHS Covid-19 app update blocked for breaking Apple and Go... by Closi on Monday April 12, 2021 @03:08PM (#26783716)
Well that's possible, but doesn't add any additional security and has the negative effect that users can't see where they have scanned into on their device (e.g. on the NHS app you can go to 'venue data' and see where you have logged into).

If one of your user stories involves users being able to see the names/addresses of venue's they have visited, you will either need to store the venue name in the QR code or do a lookup.

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