Scan EU Digital COVID certificates with the Fienta ticketing app

Fienta’s ticket scanning app can now also be used to validate EU Digital COVID certificates.

The app recognises and displays digital COVID vaccination, test, and recovery certificates issued by European Union member states that comply with the EU standard.

Certificate QR codes are scanned in the same way, and through the same interface, as ticket verification. That means the person at the gate does not need to switch between different apps or devices and can simply point the camera at whichever code the attendee presents.

"We wanted to shorten queues and make life easier for event organisers as soon as we heard that event attendance would be restricted to people with certificates," said René Lasseron, CEO of Fienta.

For the time being, the app does not verify the digital signature of the certificate. In that sense, using our solution is comparable to visually inspecting the certificate data. However, it is still more secure, as forging the contents of a QR code is much more difficult than changing data in a PDF file or on paper.

We protect attendee privacy by decoding QR codes directly on the device. No data is sent, processed, or stored on Fienta or any third-party servers. The data is removed from the device screen and memory one minute after scanning, or immediately when the next ticket or medical certificate is checked.

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