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Private keys used to sign EU Digital Covid Certificate might have been leaked

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Re: Private keys used to sign EU Digital Covid Certificate might have been leaked

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Post by gumby »

soco wrote: post #103
rmetzler wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's also shown as valid by the German CovPassCheck app.

Maybe there's a real person named Adolf Hitler? Not from Germany for sure.

A family in New Jersey USA had their children taken away from them after naming one of their kids that. They attracted attention by ordering a birthday cake with the then 3yo’s name on it.

I have a friend whose older brother is named Adolf, born in Berlin in the early 1940s and still lives there. I’ve always wanted to ask why he didn’t change his name but what an awkward question.

I am surprised Dolf Lundgren didn’t choose a completely different stage name (though he’s Swedish).

The NJ situation: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heath_Hitler

Re: Private keys used to sign EU Digital Covid Certificate might have been leaked

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Post by GuB-42 »

SahAssar wrote: post #112
GuB-42 wrote: post #104

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I checked the Hitler code with apps from Latvia, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Iceland and France. The apps for Latvia, Luxembourg and Switzerland say OK, the one for France says "OK but fraudulent", the one for Iceland says no. From the article it looks like the Italian app also says no. Not revoked everywhere it seems. Also, the French app seems to check against a blacklist, so it is possible that only the Hitler code i…

> "OK but fraudulent" What does that even mean?

It has the green check mark, like a valid certificate because the vaccination scheme is right. But under it is a warning that the pass is fraudulent (blacklisted).

It is a weird UI choice but making the distinction between an invalid pass (ex: partial vaccination) and a fraudulent one is useful.

Re: Private keys used to sign EU Digital Covid Certificate might have been leaked

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Post by ygjb »

clon wrote: post #118
azzzy wrote: post #115

Earlier quoted context omitted.

it is illegal

It strikes me as one of those things that society is perfectly happy self-regulating

One would assume, but unfortunately as another comment in this thread illustrated, there is no bottom when probing the depth of the depravity inspired by ignorant hatred.

Re: Private keys used to sign EU Digital Covid Certificate might have been leaked

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Post by pfg »

ARandomerDude wrote: post #109
soco wrote: post #103

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe there's a real person named Adolf Hitler? Not from Germany for sure.

> Not from Germany for sure. Is it illegal to name a child Adolf Hitler in Germany? Serious question, not sarcasm.

There's no actual written law on this, but the relevant authority (Standesamt) has to take the child's welfare into account when accepting names, and may reject them as a matter of common law.

(I suppose it's possible this would be under the purview of the Verbotsgesetz as well, but it wouldn't get that far due to the name being rejected.)

Re: Private keys used to sign EU Digital Covid Certificate might have been leaked

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Post by phantomathkg »

tomp wrote: post #117
clon wrote: post #89

https://g.nh.ee/images/pix/1200x0/lYFSVUXJ5XY/1d2e261794d4d3... This QR code proves Adolf Hitler has received 2 doses of Pfizer vaccine. At the moment you can still use the Estonian app to verify this ( https://kontroll.digilugu.ee ). Probably this specific cert will be revoked soon in all the apps. But the cat is out of the bag. Everyone's grandparents will need to do the certificate retrieval dance again, which is…

Personally I think it is unethical not to leak it. Technology is the best way to fight surveillance-oppression.

So you are saying we shouldn’t trust whether others have been vaccinated or not?

Or should we fallback to paper cert?

Re: Private keys used to sign EU Digital Covid Certificate might have been leaked

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Post by merrywhether »

tomp wrote: post #117
clon wrote: post #89

https://g.nh.ee/images/pix/1200x0/lYFSVUXJ5XY/1d2e261794d4d3... This QR code proves Adolf Hitler has received 2 doses of Pfizer vaccine. At the moment you can still use the Estonian app to verify this ( https://kontroll.digilugu.ee ). Probably this specific cert will be revoked soon in all the apps. But the cat is out of the bag. Everyone's grandparents will need to do the certificate retrieval dance again, which is…

Personally I think it is unethical not to leak it. Technology is the best way to fight surveillance-oppression.

Are you against speed limit enforcement too? Or is this a matter of degree and not pure principle?

Re: Private keys used to sign EU Digital Covid Certificate might have been leaked

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Post by untitaker_ »

clon wrote: post #89

https://g.nh.ee/images/pix/1200x0/lYFSVUXJ5XY/1d2e261794d4d3... This QR code proves Adolf Hitler has received 2 doses of Pfizer vaccine. At the moment you can still use the Estonian app to verify this ( https://kontroll.digilugu.ee ). Probably this specific cert will be revoked soon in all the apps. But the cat is out of the bag. Everyone's grandparents will need to do the certificate retrieval dance again, which is…

>Everyone's grandparents will need to do the certificate retrieval dance again

it's very questionable whether this is true. revocation can be done many different ways, reissuing can be made more convenient too

Re: Private keys used to sign EU Digital Covid Certificate might have been leaked

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Post by jagger27 »

AMD_DRIVERS wrote: post #113
jagger27 wrote: post #98

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I haven't had my Canadian QR code properly scanned once either.

I've had mine scanned a few times now, only when eating in. I'm in Ottawa FWIW, people seem to be doing it mostly right here. Kind of annoying that I have to show my ID too, but luckily they accept an OHIP card as ID, saves having to find my passport.

I’m also in Ottawa, for what it’s worth. I’ve found people were more thorough with the first non-QR system than the new one.
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