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We're publishing a guest post by the Lockdown Sceptics' technology correspondent about last week's vaccine passport update to the NHS App which, according to this industry insider, has created a honeypot for hackers.
The NHS’s vaccine booking site hasn't just failed to keep people’s vaccine status private but has also failed to allow pregnant women to book the vaccines they have been advised – by the NHS – to receive.
We've published a guest post on Lockdown Sceptics by our technology correspondent. He's unimpressed by the NHS's vaccine booking site, where you can find out anyone's vaccine status if you know a few details about them.
Private information contained within the NHS mobile app which will be used as a Covid vaccine passport when international travel returns could be accessed by hackers at airports if logged into on insecure Wifi networks.
The NHS mobile app will be used as a Covid vaccine passport when international travel returns. The date of return remains unclear: Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said we must "wait and see" if May 17th is still viable.
the in-house technology correspondent at Lockdown Sceptics takes a look at the NHS Vaccine App. His conclusion? A gift to scammers, blackmailers and fraudsters.
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