And I wonder if any agency that accepts this digital license is also granted, by law, full access to your device if they feel like the license might be fake? You know to protect the children.
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Apple Plans to Expand iPhone Driver's Licenses to These 7 U.S. States
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In select U.S. states, residents can add their driver's license or state ID to the Wallet app on the iPhone and Apple Watch, providing a convenient and contactless way to display proof of identity or age at select airports and businesses, and in select apps.
Below, we outline which U.S. states and territories offer the feature, and additional states that have committed to rolling it out in the future. 2025 just began, and many of the states listed below will likely roll out the feature throughout the year.
Supported States
The feature is also available in Puerto Rico.
- Arizona (since March 2022)
- Maryland (since May 2022)
- Colorado (since November 2022)
- Georgia (since May 2023)
- Ohio (since July 2024)
- Hawaii (since August 2024)
- California (since September 2024)
- Iowa (since October 2024)
- New Mexico (since December 2024)
Future States
Apple said the following states have "signed on" to adopt the feature in the future:
The feature will also work with Japan's My Number Card in the future, according to Apple.
- Montana
- West Virginia
- Connecticut
- Kentucky
- Mississippi
- Oklahoma
- Utah
Participating Airports
Apple Wallet app IDs can be used at select TSA checkpoints within select U.S. airports:
Apple says travelers should refer to TSA checkpoint signage to confirm availability of the feature, and the TSA's website offers more details.
- Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI)
- Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)
- Denver International Airport (DEN)
- Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)
- Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport (CVG)
- John Glenn Columbus International Airport (CMH)
- San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
- San Jose Mineta International Airport (SJC)
- Los Angeles International (LAX)
- Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)
- Des Moines International Airport (DSM)
- Eastern Iowa Airport (CID)
- Albuquerque International Sunport (ABQ)
- Lea County Regional Airport (HOB)
- Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU)
In addition to participating TSA checkpoints, Apple in September announced that users would soon be able to present an Apple Wallet ID for CLEAR member enrollment at airports. Apple Wallet IDs can also be used to show proof of age or identity at select businesses and venues in the U.S., although Apple does not maintain a list of specific locations for this.
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Japan My Number cool hopefully then maybe in future will add Peru 🇵🇪 DNI
Exactly, and this seems to be what many don't understand. At least in GA, all that shows on screen is your first name and last initial. Nothing else. A reader is required to request any further data, and you then authorize providing that info.
Example of what's on screen:
How exactly would you set up a fake digital license?
As for any changes to the law, that's up to your state legislature. Such a law might not pass 4th amendment muster though.
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It is not currently being used by the police anywhere that I am aware of. Apple advertises it only for proof of age or identity at select businesses or for TSA. Apple says nothing about law enforcement use, and I don't think it is intended for that at this time, if ever.
And I can't imagine the police walking up to a vehicle with a reader in hand like they are taking orders at a fast food restaurant. They have other things to worry about when making traffic stops.
My point was NOT about creating a fake digital license, but about some authority claiming it was fake in order to access your device without a warrant. In order for this screen to show the device has to be unlocked?
Stupid rules are the rule. Remember you can be forced to unlock your device with face id, but not with a passcode without a warrant.
Washington Still prints out a full sheet of paper when you go to get a license, then mails it... It'll be 3096 be we have technology here.
For valid suspicion of a fake digital ID, such a thing must first exist. So please explain how that could be created.
An authority who's willing to falsely claim suspicion of fake digital ID so they can access your phone will just fabricate some other false premise - not seeing how digital ID is creating any additional avenue for such an individual.
As for unlocking, see this example video from Apple: Click Here
Phone is in your hand and you can easily hard-lock it if you should be concerned.
Or if this is a real concern for your interactions wtih LEO's maybe just don't present your phone (if/when they someday have readers widely deployed)?
(and I'm truly curious where people live that they're having such frequent encounters with LEO's where they have to provide ID?)
Citation for warrantless forced faceID unlock please?
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No. It comes up using the same technology as express pass, so it needs an NFC equipped reader to even make the request. Your model seems to be a corrupt law enforcement officer lying to get access to your device, or even more unlikely, ripping it out of your hands (since you do not hand it to them). If you are convinced that they will invoke “exigent circumstances” they can just as easily do that to force you to give them your phone (which they can easily do during a “protective pat-down”).
In some jurisdictions. Never hand your phone to a law enforcement officer with Face ID enabled.
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It is absolutely intended for that, and over the next few years will be widely rolled out as part of standard upgrades to the handheld devices law enforcement agencies use to write tickets.
Your lack of imagination is sad. Many law enforcement agencies already use handheld devices to issues tickets and display information about the vehicle/driver.
As for liquor stores and bars, haven't had to show ID for a while now thanks to greying hair and less-than-youthful appearance.
One of the few benefits
What is particularly nice about the system, is that it does not even provide your birthdate, just tells the reader if you are over a certain age. Apps that read these IDs will be available in the Apple App Store, but they must prove to Apple their legal requirement for whatever information they request (e.g. an age verification app for lottery tickets would need to know that a person was over 18, while for alcohol purchase would need to know that that person was over 21).
They would have a hard time defending that suspicion in a court of law; the weaknesses are to processes in issuance (eg hacks or bad agents within the DMV), and they can be revoked remotely without device access if that happens.
i don't want to give my phone to cops unless apple locks everything else except wallet, i don't want cops accessing other information.
What is ignorant about this ?
does apple lock all other applications when i open my DL ?
I am not sure.
didn't know that, which governments accept electronic passports ?
Can i show my electronic passport to immigration when i enter US ?
Oh look, another one of the thousands of people who blindly respond to these stories with fear and ignorance, without looking into how the tech actually works, and how the laws surrounding it are written. You're not going to be handing your phone, locked or unlocked, to anyone. That's not how any of this works.
Try it now. Double-click the side button to bring up Apple Pay and select a card. Now put your hand over the front camera (so FaceID can't work). Now try to get into anything else on your phone.
Your mDL (Mobile Drivers License) lives in Apple Wallet just like any other card. Literally, it sits at the top of your Apple Wallet, just above your credit/debit cards (I have a California mDL). When you double-click (from a locked, not open, condition) to activate Apple Pay, the iPhone only unlocks Apple Wallet. The card brought up for your mDL doesn't even show your last name, much less your driver license number or any other personal info (just the state logo, first name, middle name, last initial). It's just offering your Drivers License info via NFC. The police need to hold an NFC reader next to it to read the information. They could maybe scroll through and learn your loyalty/membership number at your local grocery store or Best Buy, but that's about it.
My understanding is, in most (all?) jurisdictions where this is being put into effect, the laws are written so that the police are not allowed to touch your phone, much less manipulate it, or take it somewhere - the boogeyman we always hear people bringing up is "what if the police say their handheld reader isn't working and they need to take your phone back to their patrol car?!?!?" - first, the Apple Wallet activation is unlikely to survive the walk back to the patrol car, second, that's the point where you say, "sorry to hear that officer, let me pull out my physical drivers license", and third, if you seriously believe they would break the law to do that then why not also believe that they could shoot you and make up any story they wanted about how you "resisted arrest"?
Do you have a source?, since Apple isn't saying this. Some states have their own systems now.
Lighten up.
I have no fear of this. I don’t have anything on my phone I’d need to hide from police anyway. And if I’m pulled over, I can just hand over my drivers license, just as I can use physical credit cards when I want.
To me, I think it’s very interesting to tie an ID to biometric identification inside a device.
Just for fun, check out e-passports. Mine was issued six years ago and has this feature.
e-Passports | Homeland Security
An e-Passport contains an electronic chip that holds the same information that is printed on the passport's data page. Find out about the e-Passport.
If I am not mistaken, Massachusetts was one of the last states to require RealID.knowing the state legislature they’ll probably be one of the last ones…
My state was the first to get it, nearly 3 years ago, and I still haven't bothered with it. I can maybe see the usefulness if you fly frequently and use an airport which supports it, but outside of that it's basically completely useless at this point.