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Comment by intellirogue

It is cryptographically signed, so creating your own QR code that would be accepted by the apps would be difficult without the signing key.

Even ignoring that though: including both the ID and detail allows it to work both ways. In official situations (e.g. at a country border) you might be able to validate against a server, but the local nightclub probably doesn't have access to a validation server.

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