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Apple Announces Launch of U.S. Passport Feature in iPhone's Wallet App

I was excited to add to my wallet but the design is terrible. Your sur name (last) is truncated to the first letter. But when truncating, the middle name makes more sense for that. It should show some more data from your chip such as age and expiration date and maybe state in bold letters United States CITIZEN
 
cybercommand said:
I have the same problem, but I know mine has a chip because if I look at the front cover, you’ll see the little square icon at the bottom.
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The chip may have failed. There are some wingnuts that proclaim you should destroy the chip with say a small hammer so the Facists can't track you - did you do that?
 
I am signed into iCloud with a US Apple Account, but my phone's region is set to Japan. I can confirm Wallet provided me with the option to add the digital ID, and it worked. So the region doesn't necessarily need to be set to the US. The primary language on my phone is English. I'm not sure if that had anything to do with it.
 
LordArchie said:
The vast majority of my data (less these ID’s) is also stored in 1Password. My scanned global entry card proved invaluable a few months back when entering LAX international terminal
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Where did you scan GE card into 1P? Is there a spot for it on 1P? Or you scanned like any other document and uploaded to a 1P entry? Thanks!
 
technole said:
Nope, you still have to scan a physical ID at a Spirit or Alaska self-bag check-in machine and both fly passport-needed international destinations. Delta has the facial recognition to board but you still need the physical passport code swiped at check-in with the agent.
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United allows bag checking using touchless precheck at some airports, and you can also often board by using face recognition or mDL/digital ID at the gate. And for many airlines there is no need to see an agent for check-in since you can do it in the app or at a kiosk.
 
G5isAlive said:
FWIW anything that keeps my physical license in my wallet is a good thing to me.
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Agreed. I think this may have been rectified (it has been awhile since I've seen this), but for a time TSA at some airports had large monitors where an enlarged view of the scanned ID was visible to everyone standing in line beyond the checkpoint. I remember seeing peoples' names and addresses clearly on the monitor. This is one reason I only use a passport/passport card for TSA instead of my driver license, because the passport does not have my address and TSA does not need to see it either.
 
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16He required everyone—small and great, rich and poor, free and slave—to be given a mark on the right hand or on the forehead. 17And no one could buy or sell anything without that mark, which was either the name of the beast or the number representing his name.
 
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WLS said:
I was excited to add to my wallet but the design is terrible. Your sur name (last) is truncated to the first letter. But when truncating, the middle name makes more sense for that. It should show some more data from your chip such as age and expiration date and maybe state in bold letters United States CITIZEN
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I think you are misunderstanding the entire point of the card. All the data is passed thru when the card is scanned. There is no reason you would want that data visible on the card itself. But if you really want to see it click the "I" and select "Physical Passport Information" (Note it requires authentication for obvious reasons.)
 
An oldie but a goodie

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link: https://archive.is/G4434
 
turbineseaplane said:
An oldie but a goodie

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link: https://archive.is/G4434
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An article that is completely wrong with respect to how Apple’s Digital ID process works, as has been pointed out many, many times. One never hands one’s phone to a law enforcement officer, but taps it on a reader while not even unlocking it (not handing it to anyone).

One would think people would get tired of spreading misinformation, but I guess not.
 
intrepidcase said:
Same here. Have tried restarting, checking that my AppleID is logged in, etc, etc. Just sits on the spinning icon. Currently on iOS 26.1.
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I suspect Apple's servers are overloaded as people rush to try the new feature. When I added my ID yesterday it sat there spinning for a minute or so too before the workflow finally started.
 
DocMultimedia said:
I think it's good as a backup to bring to authories just in case your passport is stolen and you need an emergency one.

But yeah, I'd never travel without my physical passport.
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You are right. It is as good a having a paper copy in each piece of your luggage, purse or briefcase, and wallet.
 
CaptTee said:
I think the purpose of this is to get tech savvy people who would otherwise object to a National Digital ID to accept it.
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Except this is not a national digital ID. This is a digital form of an existing document - the U.S. Passport. It is no different. Most Americans do not have passports and this is unlikely to change that. Those who have Real ID ready driver’s licenses for states that allow them to be stored on device, do not gain anything with a digital form of a passport.

No one is required to have a passport and nothing about this process changes that at all.
 
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