4:15 Whenever I scan a QR code I never use the QR reader built into the phone camera because it autoloads the webpage. Instead I use a 3rd party app that translates the QR code to text so I can assess it like any other link; then if I feel like I can copy/paste it into a browser.
Good man. Too many people think QR codes are like some sort of blockchain for URLs. While it does have certain security advantages, it's also just an obfuscated hyperlink that you can't hover or right-click.
This is the same principle than electronic pregnancy tests. The test looks at the stripe and tells you on a screen what you could see on the stripe, but it's *electronic*. The french RU-vid channel Deus Ex Silicium made videos about those.
@@AlecArmbruster I believe the primary draw of this particular product is that it helps with traceability. That was supposed to be why they got funded by the DOD.
Where I live (Spain) every cafe, bar, restaurant will have you scan a QR to then download their menu as pdf. I learned to ask waiters to tell me the menu and use my brain, but this isn't the case for 99.9% of the population.
Imagine how easy it would be for someone to replace the QR code with one that downloads malicious pdfs instead, especially if its just a printed out piece of paper that most places use.
@@archygrey9093 or some nasty sleeper waiting for the right ping. Spain is a massive tourist hub, you can reach far away with little effort. Been calling a disaster for months on that regard, everybody have dozens upon dozens of forgotten pdfs in their phones
Everyone's focused on the Bluetooth, rightfully so. But what about that app? I'm sure it's totally not collecting personal data and giving it to big pharma and governmental agencies. *Reads privacy policy* Oh wait, it is. Just based on the little bit of research I did into the company, Ellume is pretty damn spooky.
I mean, you don't really need to read the privacy policy to know there's something inherently spooky about not being to know your test results until your GPS-enabled tracking device does?
The QR thing was always something i thought could happen. Originally, i assumed a QR code could take you to a malicious website that gives you a malicious app, and hurts you with malicious things. Stealing payment details via QR code is a smart idea but i can see suspicion coming along either because the the reader isn't showing you paid for your spot or you come back and find a parking ticket but know you paid for the spot. Thinking about where else you could put this...
@Arpad Toth Good job. Let me just make a new QR code, place them in a new place, and start it up again. That's assuming you are even able to take down the website. Could be hosted on a server you have no jurisdiction in and the owner has no legal reason to cooperate.
I also know such an attack can happen way back when China pushing for mobile payments via QR codes. That's why I have a habit of checking the qr code details with a generic scanner first, and never pay via a QR code.
@Arpad Toth ...in a week? Are you suggesting that it is OK for the bad guys to own your phone for a week? Or was your comment ironic? If you meant it seriously... Tell you what: lend me your bank login credentials just for three days: half of the time so must be twice as safe yes?
@@SamGib there must be an opportunity for some dev to produce a QR scanner that shows you the URL and gives you the option to continue or not... That is different from your workaround because of the ease of use if you could tap to continue.
so I heard about this test, it's meant to ad accessibility options for the visually impaired... however it manages to be over and under engineered at the same time which is pretty bad
Actually a good point, accessibility. Although I'd imagine it'd be more useful if it worked like one of those birthday greeting cards, i.e. just tell you the result by voice instead of having to connect it to a phone.
@@voxelfusion9894 I think a main argument is the step-by-step process done by the app. While I have no problem following complex instructions, I feel like for some people the rather long and cumbersome Covid test might be overwhelming.
If it is designed for accessibility reasons, I would argue that the user will need more than one test over a period of time and will likely need to keep using accessible tests, so making it refillable would be a good idea. I'm not in any position of authority to speak on the matter, but I would think having the strips be replaceable wouldn't be too hard, even if it added a small amount to the cost of the reader (although this would only be once off).
How did such a device pass through so many people that all thought "wow, this is an awesome idea!" Can you imagine the hundreds of hours that were wasted by engineers, software developers and medical professionals - all people that theoretically, are supposed to be... ya know... NOT stupid? What's next? "Experience the birth of your child in amazing 4K HDR cameras instead of with your own eyes! Equip our patented VR "PRO-BIRTH-VR-9000" and instead of subjecting yourself to the dull real life experience you can experience your babies first moments through the lens of a VR headset and feel your babies first movements with our 'hyper-sense' haptic feedback technology" Silicon Valley is literally full of aliens. There's no way actual humans can be THIS insane.
Because the people that are supposed to shoot this idea down all have stocks in the company of course. Gold on contact points is used solely for durability. Not on a single-use item. If you make 100 million of these devices then you permanently removed the gold from the global market, increasing that price as well. And **that's** the final goal, not just the chip prices that already have gone through the roof's roof.
I mean, I can think of a few other reasons to force* you to broadcast your Covid test results over a wireless network and log them on your GPS-enabled, positive-ID'd, internet-connected tracking device? _*otherwise they'd let you view the results on the device itself._
The app (I'm guessing) is to improve the users' reporting of positive results to national databases. "Regular" at-home kits require a user to scan a QR code or go to a site to voluntarily upload results. This smartphone capability removes that hurdle, maybe?
that bluetooth test is basically how electronic pregnancy tests work though those don't connect to your phone, just have an electronic screen to show it
I think it’s great that they have it as an option and I’m sure there are use cases like people having a hard time seeing the lines on the results. I agree that unless it brings you specific benefit like this it’s not something I’d opt for
If it needs a video interview to have the results approved anyway, why not have the interviewer look at the strip of a normal test? These remote test services exist already.
This exists because of the dum-dum effect. Humanity is smart enough to make these devices, but not smart enough to realize they don't need to or shouldn't even be making these devices. There is absolutely no need for a bluetooth enabled cov-test. There is no conceivable reality that is possibly close to our own, where this device is actually useful and good idea. That only exists because of people who are dumb, and people who are maliciously clever. The clever will use it to fake their health, while the dumb ones will be buying them en masse because they are... well... dumb.
Forget the Bluetooth hacks. If you want a fake result, just buy two of them and do some arts and crafts with the paper strips (two control lines for false positive, control line + ordinary paper for false negative). Then put it back together.
As a retired Clinical Laboratory Scientist I can tell you that it is not uncommon to have what we have as lateral flow immunoassays that can give visual results but are read with more sensitive optic readers. The obvious reason for that is consistency and increased sensitivity. The color development is time-dependent and so the color intensity varies with time. An instrument is more sensitive than a human eye in seeing things or maybe all tests can have two lines but it isn't the mere presence of a line but one of exceeding darkness threshold that has to have a certain color intensity before it can be called positive. Only instruments can do that. I don't know if it is a good test or not and it seems that they are having trouble with false positives. That might mean that the light meter reading the intensity of the color might need to be adjusted to where a stronger color line needs to be present before it is called positive or an adjustment of the antibody used to render more specificity of the reaction. As far as the hacking of devices then that is just a different computer matter.
if you are going to put that much teck into it, there should be a way to replace part of it so it can be used again. Yet I can get that throwing it away if u test positive
I'm making a bluetooth measuring cup you take a photo of the proprietary measuring cups patented QR enabled "lines", and within only minutes it will tell you how much liquid is contained within. We are actively developing a version that can measure the volume of powders, available Q3 2027
What a waste-management nightmare: combining biohazard and e-waste in the one package. Plus, if it needs a video interview to have the results approved anyway, I’m sure the interviewer could also look at the test for you.
regarding the bluetooth tests, you have exactly the same things for pregnancy tests, with exactly the same technology to read the lines. Deus Ex Silicium has made a video on that last year if I remember correctly.
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Wouldn't it be easier to generate unique qr codes and have the tester show one for positive and one for negative? Like how a pregnancy test reveals the result.
QR codes is an interesting idea. But then you’re only trading the bluetooth chip for a small display. It would make it slightly cheaper, but I wouldn’t have thought by much.
@@Seytonic What about a 5x5 LED array that diffuses under plastic so it can be scanned by an app. Or better yet, a small speaker that reads the results out loud.
Not necessarily? Maybe the goal is getting the verified test results loaded into the app on your gps-enabled tracking device. (QR codes can be read by anything)
I have thought of a very niche use Case This test could theoretically be used by a blind individual because the output could be made audible due to a screen reader. That said there are Much better ways than this.
Yea like you could just have an app that uses image recognition to count how many lines there are, which would probably be the easiest image recognition to train, and extremely robust too.
Какого хрена! Вечный пластик сделали одноразовым, а теперь разработчики этого устройства предлагают вам ВЫКИДЫВАТЬ В МУСОР мощную электронику! Киберпанк какой-то.
it is funny to see that the dutch police (politie) logo is almost always part of those takedown pages being a small countery and a countery that is not heard from very often in the rest of the world. This was written from a dutch persons perspektiv
the real reason for this device is to work with the checkin apps from the governments of the world, soon you will need to have daily testing, to go anywhere
before he revealed how it worked I was like "what is it just like a regular test with a camera inside or something?" and low and behold, it's exactly that. I really don't get what the purpose of this is.
my god. I thought it was dumb before, but after seeing the internals and the fact it's only a single use, i'm just dumbfounded that a product like that even exists.
That test device is so stupid. It seems the only reason to do this is to certify the tests, but since you pay additional 20$ to do that anyway, why couldn't they just have person look at stripe too (and add some seal at the test package so they see the seal being broken at start to make sure it is not compromised) and read the result, and then he would create the file? He needs all the data anyway since he need to validate if that's the right person.
Is making lots of money "ridiculous"! Remember the "pet rock"!? "There's a sucker born every day."; "a fool and his money are soon parted"...There is a sizeable group of people, with money in their pockets, susceptible to the most outlandish advertising. Marketers know that.
The Bluetooth Covid tests can be important for vision-impaired folks who can't make out the lines themselves! But for other people, yes, it's a waste. Mass-market access allows the people who actually need it to get it, though.
And for those, the bluetooth doesn't add any usefulness either as the app could simply take a picture of a normal test and check for the lines that way. Make it support the most popular self-test brands and that's all you need. No reason to have the tester attempt to read its result and then send it over bluetooth. You are solving a potential issue of reading the test, so improve reading the test, not the test itself.
For everyone saying how dumb the people buying them must be, keep in mind individuals with vision impairment exist. However, this product is not sold as that, and its single use so feel free to keep ripping on the product itself.
You think it’s pointless because you’re not an employer who wants to know if there staff members are really testing positive or just wanting some extra holiday.
Why is advertising (solely) on the dark web illegal? You missed some key detail there, the VPN Providers must knowingly have provided services for *crimes*, not just to criminals.
Wireless Covid-test... Such a waste of resources ought to be a crime punishable by flogging on the soles of the feet each day for 5 years straight. Things like this are not build by one person - unless the person sleeps with *everyone* that is involved in the process of throwing things at the market someone has to had noticed that this is a stupid idea. Are we failing as a species?
I love when people decide to put technology into something that literally doesn't need technology, for no reason other than putting technology into it. Yeah there's a chip shortage, but who cares? I want something to read two lines, and then send it to my phone, so I can tell if I have Covid or not in a more time consuming manner
