And it can do so with a minimal degree of sharing personal and medical data that could be reused and resold like so much of our other personal data is.

“There’s a tremendous need there,” Harris said.

The resulting HealthID product that verifies testing kits is about to begin beta testing, and Squires said the company is working with several test kit companies and health care providers to have their kits validated through the new system. The HealthID app is slated to fully launch June 1.

“Personally, I hope that people don’t allow their fear and their motivation to get back to work to lead them to adopt a platform that’s going to expose their personal data, particularly their health data, even more,” he said. “That’s my big concern. I’ve seen this happen after 9/11, people get very complacent about their civil liberties and give up everything because of fear. I’m just hopeful that people don’t do that this time.”