What was intended as a grab for attention may have much deeper ramifications after a student in Italy went viral on Tiktok for tattooing the barcode of his covid certificate on his arm.

Twenty-two year old Andrea Colonnetta’s left arm now bears a matrix of black squares from the QR code of his official Italian green pass.

He said he had received both doses of a coronavirus vaccine.

The pass gives proof of coronavirus status — that you are vaccinated, have recovered from the virus, or tested negative in the last 48 hours.

It has been required in Italy since August 6 to get into cinemas, museums and indoor sports venues or to eat indoors at restaurants.

The barcode tattoo has apparently become much more than just a novelty as it actually works for scanning.  Colonnetta was able to show a video of himself entering...