- From: Anders Rundgren <anders.rundgren.net@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 8 Apr 2026 09:21:28 +0200
- To: W3C Credentials Community Group <public-credentials@w3.org>
As you probably have noted, security folks warn often about the use of QR codes. However, QR is the de-facto standard for interacting between a mobile-phone App and a PC/Mac browser-page. Unlike QR, NFC can provide a secure connection between the page and the mobile App, and in a very convenient way as well. That NFC was removed from the PC specification, is actually the work of the W3C! The Web-obsessed people at W3C [unilaterally] "decided" that mobile Apps is a bad idea and must not be supported, making this potentially useful "combo" irrelevant. https://github.com/w3c-cg/web-nfc/issues/128 Now, almost a decade later, it is clear that Apps are more important than ever. Anders
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