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Starting a new [Thread] because I'm sick to the back teeth of all the #misinformation Gov't ministers are putting out about #VaccinePassports - in which I include ' #ImmunityPassports', and ' #COVIDpassports' for #TestResults too.
So at this point, what do we *actually* know?
1/n https://twitter.com/EinsteinsAttic/status/1361430930569760770
So at this point, what do we *actually* know?
1/n https://twitter.com/EinsteinsAttic/status/1361430930569760770
First up @getyoti which, partnered with Polish startup @GenemeLab, part-funded by Yoti's co-founder, is already offering #FacialBiometric-linked #TestResults:
https://www.yoti.com/covid-19/
#Yoti first appears on @JimBethell's call sheet on 13 April last year:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/930813/dhsc-ministers-meetings-april-to-june2020.csv/preview
https://www.yoti.com/covid-19/
#Yoti first appears on @JimBethell's call sheet on 13 April last year:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/930813/dhsc-ministers-meetings-april-to-june2020.csv/preview
I see no mention of any Government grants to @getyoti - but that's not surprising, as it's one of quite a number of #DigitalID companies that's been trying to build its public sector #identity business for years:
https://www.biometricupdate.com/202010/yoti-wins-biometric-selfie-based-student-id-contract-with-scottish-college
Speaking of #grants, though, leads to...
https://www.biometricupdate.com/202010/yoti-wins-biometric-selfie-based-student-id-contract-with-scottish-college
Speaking of #grants, though, leads to...
...the widely-reported £75,000 @innovateuk gave @Mvine & @iProov for their (also #FacialBiometric-linked) #COVID19 #immunity and #vaccination passport, currently being piloted - "with additional backing" - by Directors of Public Health in 2 UK locations: https://www.digitalhealth.net/2021/01/live-testing-of-digital-covid-19-immunity-passport-launched/
Further grants from @beisgovuk quango, @UKRI_News, of which @innovateuk is part, went to:
#EASTechnologies ( @Accredit_Sols), a #sporting & #events accreditation outfit, which got £173,877...
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=80043
...for a FAR more ambitious scheme than just a #COVIDpassport:
#EASTechnologies ( @Accredit_Sols), a #sporting & #events accreditation outfit, which got £173,877...
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=80043
...for a FAR more ambitious scheme than just a #COVIDpassport:
Also #EnduringNet (UK) Ltd, a #blockchain company focused on #ModernSlavery*, which got £82,437 for "credentials for #CareHomes and post lock-down":
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=65002
*Company statement: https://enduringnet.org/2530-2/
Fans of @evernym and ( @HitachiGlobal's?) " #VeinID" it seems:
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=65002
*Company statement: https://enduringnet.org/2530-2/
Fans of @evernym and ( @HitachiGlobal's?) " #VeinID" it seems:
Then there's #EYNLimited with another #FacialBiometric-based proposal (notice a theme?) which got £46,797:
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=54135
wrote about it on @Medium:
https://medium.com/@robin_79099/design-principles-of-covid-free-certificates-afd6ea42ca20
and its "border grade #IDchecks on mobile" apparently work with these:
https://www.eyn.vision/
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=54135
wrote about it on @Medium:
https://medium.com/@robin_79099/design-principles-of-covid-free-certificates-afd6ea42ca20
and its "border grade #IDchecks on mobile" apparently work with these:
https://www.eyn.vision/
Next, #Logifect Limited (incorporated 7 Feb 2020) which got £62,209 then decided to shift from #TestResults to #Vaccinations because of test #unreliability, #infrequency of testing and #delays in results:
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=64691
Its website's been "Coming Soon" since last June:
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=64691
Its website's been "Coming Soon" since last June:
Then there's #TheHub Company Limited, which claims it was "the UK’s 1st digital agency" in '96, but didn't incorporate until 26 April '99. (Sorry lads, '96 was a coupla years after us.)
It got £74,448 for its #Apollo moonshot:
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=70092
Maybe I missed it, but...
It got £74,448 for its #Apollo moonshot:
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=70092
Maybe I missed it, but...
...I can't find any mention of #TheHub's " #COVID19 Smart #Testing Platform" actually in use anywhere.
Then I noticed its #QRcode-based #COVIDpassport was only "READY for Rapid Deployment" on 29 December
, so it must still be another "Coming Soon":
https://www.thehub.co.uk/news/press-release-c19/
Then I noticed its #QRcode-based #COVIDpassport was only "READY for Rapid Deployment" on 29 December
, so it must still be another "Coming Soon":https://www.thehub.co.uk/news/press-release-c19/
A couple of systems that HAVE begun to be used are @BrightHR_'s #VaccTrak...
https://www.brighthr.com/hr-software/vacctrak/
...though it's less a ' #passport' than an #employee management tool.
As is the ' #HumanCapital management service' offered by US #PaaS giant @Workday:
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/01/14/2158734/0/en/Workday-Launches-COVID-19-Vaccine-Management-Solution-to-Enable-Organisations-to-Protect-and-Support-Their-Workforce.html
https://www.brighthr.com/hr-software/vacctrak/
...though it's less a ' #passport' than an #employee management tool.
As is the ' #HumanCapital management service' offered by US #PaaS giant @Workday:
https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2021/01/14/2158734/0/en/Workday-Launches-COVID-19-Vaccine-Management-Solution-to-Enable-Organisations-to-Protect-and-Support-Their-Workforce.html
[Pausing here]
There are a bunch more who've made announcements - but tracking down if they received any Government money, or are anything more than vapourware will take a bit more time.
Watch this space...
There are a bunch more who've made announcements - but tracking down if they received any Government money, or are anything more than vapourware will take a bit more time.
Watch this space...
