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California Governor Teases Support for Digital IDs: 'We're Going to Do It Like No Other State'
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I'd imagine so you can geofence your car? Kinda like how you can do that with either a Bouncie plug-in for your car or how you can your Tesla with the app.
The Real ID thing is still not a smooth process. And that's been an ongoing thing for most people for 3 or 4 years now. The fact that the Government is extending the Real ID deadline from 2023 to 2025 (an extra two years) means that they really screwed up the process for millions of citizens still unable to obtain one.
If they can't get the Real ID straightened out... I have no faith in a "new" digital ID.
They should just turn to Satan to get things done with Futuristic IDs. The process is easy. Everyone is qualified. Everyone gets issued an ID. Every citizen has the same ID number. 666
I get the International Driving Permit from from AAA (American Automobile Association) for about $32 with two photos valid for one year from the start date the buyer selects. That certifies the USA driver's license with pertinent details in many languages.
I'm happy California is doing this right rather than the lowest common denominator that would come out of states that refuse to have competent IT staffs.
We call it Paradise. Although it's pretty much saturated and overflowing at the moment.Love California.
California leads. Everyone else follows.
Looking forward to what our great state comes up with.
With this technology, what is the downside for the end user? Maybe someone brought the fact, that you made an online post offensive to a transgender activist, to the attention of the California government. Would they be able to shut it down remotely, “to keep the community safe?”
Maybe you don’t like that scenario. Think of it this way instead: What if the Nazis had had that technology? If you were a Jew or a Social Democrat, how would they use it against you?
Remember, this country was born out of a very healthy suspicion of government. If you are okay with Governor Newsom being in charge of these digital IDs, how would the picture change, if Devin Nunes became governor down the road?
Roll out in the US itself is slow. Not expecting to see it outside USA anytime soon.
Drive safely and don't get pulled over. And keep a charger in the car.
Newsflash: Aside from your political ********ting here, you are wrong, the state can suspend licenses whether they’re plastic or digital. So if you have plastic in your wallet if it’s suspended (for a real reason like you were convicted of a DUI), you still broke the law if you were driving. Digital doesn’t change a fundamental fact that your license status is controlled by the DMV.
Now every time I point this out, then someone says “well I just want to use it to prove my age, you’re still allowed to show a suspended license to buy booze”. Great, then do that, show the plastic version, no one told you to throw it out.
Digital is a great option for people who want to use it, and no one is forcing you to use it! I wish I had digital license available to me!
I’m sure it will be as good as that high speed rail, between Fresno and Bakersfiel.
Exactly! Too many people these days don’t understand this.
The same that happens if you left your wallet with your physical ID at home.
We have digital licenses in Australia, in New south Wales it's in an app called Service NSW ... can't add it to Apple Wallet yet, though.
When was the last time when your iPhone was dead and you desperately needed digital ID on your iPhone?
It is same as if you forget your wallet at home/work or wherever, which have your physical ID's....
It happens rarely, if ever...
The fact that the state is ''hyping" their activity raises a big "Uh-Oh" in my gut.
Govt and privacy in the same bed? :Shiver:... Caveat emptor.
Govt and privacy in the same bed? :Shiver:... Caveat emptor.
