Green light for CovPass check app
With the Covpass Check app from the Robert Koch Institute, users can scan digital Covid vaccination certificates (QR code). This allows them to check the validity of the certificate. Our security experts examined the CovPass Check app in terms of data protection and came up with pleasing results.
COVPASS CHECK APP
iOS 1.3.0 | Android 1.16.4
CVSS SCORE
0.0 (low)
ANALYSIS RESULT
- No use of external trackers and analysis tools
- No transfer of personal information to third parties
- Access: Camera
Data protection in the CovPass Check app
The app is available for iOS (v 1.3.0) and Android (v 1.16.4) in the common app stores. Our reviewers could not detect any use of trackers and analytics tools to examine user behavior on either operating system. Another positive aspect is that the app does not transmit any user data and only connects to the app manufacturer.
In order to use the CovPass Check app, users have to grant it access to the camera. This enables the scanning of the vaccination certificate (QR code). Since this is an authorization that is necessary for the full functionality of the app, our security experts do not classify the app as overprivileged. However, users should be careful with their QR code and keep it to themselves, as the CovPass Check app can be used by all citizens. When a user scans a vaccination certificate (QR code) with this app, it displays information such as the person’s first and last name, date of birth as well as vaccine and status behind the QR code. This allows sensitive information about any person to be read.
Read here how the CovPass app performs in the data protection test.
CovPass Check app: Our privacy assessment
The data protection experts at mediaTest digital recommend the use of the CovPass Check app not only because of its usefulness in combating the pandemic. The app can also be used with a clear conscience for reasons of data protection. However, citizens should treat their QR code handed out very confidentially for security reasons and not photograph it or anything similar.
Test results: CovPass Check app
Here you can find the detailed test results of the CovPass Check app for iOS and Android.
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