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WB QR code contest offers trips to The Matrix Resurrections Canadian premiere with Keanu Reeves

In a move befitting the digital world of The Matrix, Warner Bros. has kicked off a QR code contest that offers a chance to win a trip to the Canadian premiere of The Matrix Resurrections.

Notably, the premiere, which will be held on December 16th at 7pm ET at Toronto’s Scotiabank Theatre, will feature Canadian The Matrix stars Keanu Reeves (Neo) and Carrie-Anne Moss (Trinity) in attendance. This is also one week before the film opens to the general public on December 22nd.

Seven winners will be chosen from cities outside the Greater Toronto Area, who will be flown out to Toronto and put up in the Fairmont Royal York Hotel. Meanwhile, 25 winners closer to Toronto will receive a pair of tickets to the premiere.

To enter, Canadians can visit certain locations across the country to scan special film-branded QR codes that will grant them entry into the contest. This will be available from November 26th to December 5th. See below for the full list of participating locations:

The Matrix Resurrections

All GameStop locations will also have posters with QR codes across the country. Warner Bros. says most of these are already available, although some in Quebec may not be up until December 4th.

Additionally, fans will still be able to scan the QR codes between December 6th and 20th to win IMAX passes to The Matrix Resurrections once it opens widely on the 22nd.

Co-written and directed by original The Matrix trilogy co-director Lana Wachowski, The Matrix Resurrections sees Neo and Trinity return to the Matrix once more.

Source: Warner Bros. Canada

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Quebec’s new vaccine QR code natively supports Apple’s Wallet and Health app

Quebec has rolled out a new vaccine QR that is natively supported by Apple’s Wallet and Health app.

There’s a catch, though: you need to be running iOS 15.1. The latest version of Apple’s OS is currently only via public beta, although it’s set for a wide release sometime next week.

To start, you’ll need to download the Quebec vaccination QR code on desktop here. Once you’ve done that, select ‘download your paper proof for use outside Quebec,’ then scan the QR code with your iPhone’s camera app. Tap the ‘Health’ button that appears and follow the instructions to add the code to your Wallet and the Health app.

This gives Quebec iOS users an official vaccine QR code solution, given that the previous one was a third-party workaround.

If you’re in Ontario, here’s what you should know about the Ford government’s own solution, the Verify Ontario app.

Via: iPhone in Canada

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Verify Ontario vaccine verification app will collect ‘anonymized’ data

More details about Ontario’s vaccine certificate verification app have arrived ahead of the imminent October 22nd launch.

Dubbed ‘Verify Ontario,’ the app will allow fully vaccinated Ontarians to quickly verify their vaccination status via a QR code when entering businesses and other establishments. According to details reported by Richard Southern on Twitter and via CityNews, the Verify Ontario app will also accept QR codes from B.C., Quebec and the Yukon. It’s unclear if more provinces will be supported in the future.

By accepting QR codes from other provinces, it should make travel easier for vaccinated residents.

Further, CityNews reports that the Ontario government says the app won’t collect personally identifiable information. The app also won’t collect users’ location data or save information that links people to specific locations, visitors or businesses. It will display verified proofs of vaccination for 30 seconds, then delete them.

Unfortunately, the Ford government also confirmed it would collect “anonymized” data using Google Analytics. That will reportedly include the number of completed scans, date and time of scans and the number of negative, positive and invalid scans. The tracking will use randomly generated numbers created when users first install the app.

Finally, the government also detailed what would happen when someone scans a Verify Ontario QR code. First, the app will show one of three results: a green checkmark for verified, a yellow warning if there’s a problem, or a red ‘X’ if the proof isn’t valid.

For yellow warnings, the government recommends cleaning the camera lens or adjusting the angle to make sure reflections aren’t interfering with the camera’s ability to read the code. For the red ‘X,’ the government says it may mean the users only has one of two vaccinations, or that there is missing, invalid or incorrect information in the QR code.

Source: Richard Southern, CityNews