A few weeks ago, I saw this report on the PBS NewsHour: https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/fighting-the-public-health-threat-of-counterfeit-drugs <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbs.org%2Fnewshour%2Fshow%2Ffighting-the-public-health-threat-of-counterfeit-drugs&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNED32vXuXXyv80iowZldCg5SxLYSw>
I have just (as in haven't even started putting code in GitHub yet) started to work on an app which I was thinking might help deal with this and truly help folks out, worldwide. It also could help with drugs bought over the internet as well, I would think. The idea is to use aztec bar codes to encode a manufacturer's ECDSA signature and a UUID and possible some other metadata on the label of a bottle of pharmaceuticals. An Android and iOS app would then allow an individual or small pharmacy to scan that bottle, verifying the signature against a manufacturer's website, where there would be verification against their public key and also their cert with their cert authority. Smartphones and the Internet are fast becoming ubiquitous even in the developing world. I'm working on the code right now and I'll post things as I progress. I'm not looking for any money at all because I think the programming task isn't really too hard, but, I was thinking that the greater Go community might also have an interest. I'm not sure if there's a charitable team or group or anything, but I thought I'd check it out. I'd like to make this totally OSS with a non-profit backing it (if it gets to that state eventually). I've registered verx.codes as a domain. I'm not totally sure yet if this is feasible in the real world or if the pharmaceutical companies could be persuaded to buy in, but I would think it could also be good for their brands and give them a way to track individual bottles and provide authenticated info to users like expiration dates and extensive use instructions once a person successfully scans and verifies a code and then gets passed to the company's website. Anyway, totally just beginning and I'd welcome any thoughts, comments, and/or critisms! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all the Go community! Frank -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
