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1. Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 16-Oct-2022 04:03:25 UTC Bernie

   Are you ducking kidding me???

   This is the MySOS app required to be installed when entering #Japan

   (and if you scroll down the list, there's also "recording audio" 😠)

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 16-Oct-2022 04:11:48 UTC Bernie

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     The registration procedure is the typical mess of Japanese government apps, going back and forth between app and website, long instruction screens, countdown timers, unreasonably strict form validation, email confirmation that doesn't work...

     And there's even this interstitial for an upcoming website that prevents me from reading the instructions and can't be dismissed (Close is not really a link, wtf...)

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 16-Oct-2022 04:14:07 UTC Bernie

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     • Benoit
     • Christian Horn

     cc: @benoit @globalc

     I guess some things never change 😂

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 16-Oct-2022 12:31:31 UTC Bernie

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     • Benoit
     • Christian Horn

     @globalc @benoit Yes, you don't need to quarantine if your app shows a blue screen and if you can click an icon and load a webpage with a qrcode... but most people on arrival were having trouble getting to the qrcode.

     I had preemptively taken screenshots of both to be sure 😆

   • Christian Horn (globalc@chaos.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Oct-2022 12:31:33 UTC Christian Horn

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     • Benoit

     @benoit
     Visa stuff massively changed indeed - she got the visa as I'm living here. Tourists can as of this week get the visa as easy as before Corona.
     Not sure on how much changed regarding Corona this week for people entering Japan - she also effectively had not to quarantine, but it took a day for that to appear in the app.
     @codewiz

   • Benoit (benoit@toots.benpro.fr)'s status on Sunday, 16-Oct-2022 12:31:34 UTC Benoit

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     • Christian Horn

     @globalc @codewiz she was here before October 11 though, should be easier now. Surely all tourists don't need to waste at least a day now.

   • Christian Horn (globalc@chaos.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Oct-2022 12:31:36 UTC Christian Horn

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     • Benoit

     @benoit @codewiz
     I guess like for my mother they ask to install the app, and that you register yourself with the app and your location, and then to "that in that place until end of quarantine".
     Took then at least in case of my mother a full day until that "end of quarantine" was displayed on the app, I think same day as she registered/so arrived.

   • Benoit (benoit@toots.benpro.fr)'s status on Sunday, 16-Oct-2022 12:31:38 UTC Benoit

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     • Christian Horn

     @globalc @codewiz wait what? There still quarantine? You gotta be joking.

   • Christian Horn (globalc@chaos.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Oct-2022 12:31:39 UTC Christian Horn

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     @codewiz Wait until you see how much quarantine days they decide for you :>
     How big is your hotel room? Just in case we need to meet there instead of the restaurant..

   • Bernie (codewiz@mstdn.io)'s status on Sunday, 16-Oct-2022 23:38:57 UTC Bernie

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     • Podcast Host Kaito

     @jonathan They record audio to monitor for covid.

   • Podcast Host Kaito (jonathan@charade.social)'s status on Sunday, 16-Oct-2022 23:38:59 UTC Podcast Host Kaito

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     @codewiz best make sure you're not up to any funny business 🤨