Security News > 2021 > July > GG56 offers free of charge COVID-19 digital pass to the public

A South Korean company turns heads with an unusual decision to open the source code and intellectual property rights of its already developed mobile digital pass solution to the public free of charge for the greater good of humanity and to support the international cooperation to return to normal.

GG56, a South Korean blockchain company, has already developed its own COVID-19 digital pass, 'Pass&Go', to speed up the process of going back to our normal lives by lifting the prolonged restrictions such as lockdowns and social distancing schemes that had been imposed worldwide.

Now, GG56, for the public interest and international cooperation, announced that they will release the source code and intellectual property rights of Pass&Go to the public for free.

Pass&Go verifies COVID-19 infection tests received from certified medical institutions such as hospitals and public health centers, alongside self-diagnosis results from home-testing kits.

Recalling a two-day U.N. General Assembly meeting in June 2002 which he hosted to bridge the digital divide between developed and developing countries, he stressed that he was determined to make contributions so that there should be no digital divide during the period of COVID-19.

In addition to that, as Pass&Go issues digital passes to those who tested negative for COVID-19 as well as those who have been vaccinated, it can also solve the problems of inequality and reverse discrimination that have been raised around the introduction of vaccine passports.

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