[delsarto]

The reverse engineering is certainly interesting, but the article headline seems like a bit of a beat-up since the app has a built in checker where you can scan the QR code shown and validate the details independently (the article does say this, at the end). It seems if you actually want to check a license this is better than having to identify if a physical card is a forgery.

[zardo]

Can't they just generate a new QR code that matches the license changes? It's not like it verifies the data against something else.

[mschuster91]

How many people are actually going to properly verify the electronic IDs? We already have seen with the covid vaccination passports that most don't really care.

[srazzaque]

Yep exactly. I've ordered alcohol to be delivered, and they insist on validating. Imagine the lawsuits if a minor was able to order alcohol. But this is literally the only case I can remember in recent memory. (I don't often even get carded at the actual liquor store!)

Furthermore, when I went to vote recently, it was certainly not "validated". And this was the AEC.