jwz1d ago

Four years ago I asked whether "Google Pass" was a thing that I needed to give a shit about and consensus was, "no, nobody uses that." But I have heard anecdotally, recently, that this might no longer be true. Thoughts?

The goal here is, "reduce the amount of time it takes for someone standing in front of my nightclub to wave their QR code at the door staff."

Note: I don't use Android and know as little about its ecosystem as possible, so please use small words.
https://jwz.org/b/yk45

Show threadjwz1d ago

If those of you using Android could click on this link and tell me whether it does anything even remotely useful, and if so, some detail about how horrible/stupid the whole experience is, that would be helpful: https://www.jwz.org/images/2026/test.pkpass

And tell me what version you're using, obviously. Possibly this requires some "Play" [sic] stuff to work.

UPDATE: Thanks! You can stop now.

(Unless you have read the dozens of replies and have had a materially different experience than those.)

Show threadT Alex Beamish1d ago
@jwz Downloads a pkpass file. That's it.
Show threadjwz1d ago
@talexb Did you try opening the file? Did that do anything?
Show threadMu1d ago
@jwz @talexb I didn't try opening the random-looking download. Too many years thinking about cybersecurity.
Show threadT Alex Beamish
@mu @jwz This.
Mar 22 at 5:58pmWeb
Show threadjwz1d ago
@talexb @mu You know, when someone asks their followers to test something, and you would prefer not to, simply remaining silent is always an option that is available to you.
Show threadT Alex Beamish23h ago

@jwz @mu The nerd factor on @jwz's website is quite high, and I was at lunch on a Sunday .. why not.

But you're right, normally, no.