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These 9 U.S. States Will Let You Add Your Driver's License to Your iPhone
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This is why i would continue to carry the physical license with me all the time … simple solution to this potential issue
I agree. It unnerves me I can’t pay cash for a plane ticket too. Everything digital is a really, really horrible idea. Thank god there are people who still stand up for individual liberty. The individual comes first.
And despite that they still have not managed to issue their ID cards for the general population in anything but paper.
This article is rather pointless in listing the states that are "committed" but not yet available or even mentioned by Apple themselves as coming soon to the function. The wallet as it stands only supports two state drivers licenses. And until that changes no amount of rumor milling will accelerate efforts.
Apple frankly has likely greater influence on these agendas than most anyone perusing these forums.
Apple frankly has likely greater influence on these agendas than most anyone perusing these forums.
Also... just for the record. In California you actually can offer a photo of your valid CA state drivers license to most officers and agencies. It will not however allow you to purchase certain goods and services... Where a swipe of the magnetic strip is required. I fear that infrastructure will take ages to update for compatibility with phone IDs.
This is one area where Samsung has had a leg up on the industry by offering a simulated magnetic card reader interface on their mobile phones. (Yes. You can use a Samsung Galaxy phone with the "Samsung wallet" app to interface with magnetic card readers. Sadly it's hinged on the Samsung Wallet App and other proprietary tech.)
This is one area where Samsung has had a leg up on the industry by offering a simulated magnetic card reader interface on their mobile phones. (Yes. You can use a Samsung Galaxy phone with the "Samsung wallet" app to interface with magnetic card readers. Sadly it's hinged on the Samsung Wallet App and other proprietary tech.)
You can thank the 9/11 hijackers for that transactional limitation. Cash and coin is frankly a dying medium. It won't last so long as we have computing infrastructure behind everything.
Actually, I'm remembering a few stories from when Apple Pay first hit the scene of checkout clerks and store security guards going after people who used it, because they were absolutely certain that the customer had hacked into their credit card terminal and was committing fraud somehow, leading to some tense moments.
Arizona has their own app “Arizona mobile ID” - they just also are using wallet app.
Stupid and reckless. Has anyone ever heard of privacy.
You don’t have to sign up if you are worried.
You don't "show" them your ID. You hold your phone near their ID scanner and it gives them the information that way. Nobody is going to trust a picture on a phone. It won't be your word against theirs. If the scanner says it is OK, the people who are trained to use the ID scanner will accept it. Of course if they don't have an ID scanner, you will need to use your physical card which they are trained to check for validity. So far only place there are ID scanners is at 3 airports.
Want to see this feature expand outside US. But that might take a very long time or might not ever happen.
As someone else posted early, CA have said that they are making plans for a digital ID and will announce next year. Not clear if they are going to work with Apple or roll their own like some other states. Why the snark?
Do you still print out a boarding pass when flying? Of course this is starting out small, but is is likely to grow. It seems inevitable that eventually our IDs would become digital. They are information and that is where information is going.
Yawn. Talk about an underwhelming response by state governments. What’s going to happen first: SpaceX goes to Mars or we have 50 state + 5 territory adoption of this feature.
Is it, though? I find myself without my wallet, and thus, my ID, a bit too often. I find myself without my phone... never.
I’m surprised that Hawaii is on the list before California. Normally our state adapt technology pretty freaking slow.
Not really. That list of states reads like a "who's who" of technologically backwards, authoritarian-friendly states. California has the strongest consumer protection laws in the country, so I would expect them to take the time to study the technology and implement common-sense protections to minimize the opportunities for law enforcement abuse.
Which is a bigger cause for concern because those who DO want to be cops will often not be upstanding citizens respecting your rights.