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You'll Be Able to Add Your Driver's License to Your iPhone in Select States Starting With iOS 15
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I for one am impatient for a comprehensive digital wallet to be a reality. If you're concerned about the following just don't use it:
1. Fear of opening yourself to possible police search due to committing a crime in the future
2. Phone battery will die in a situation the wallet is needed
3. Your digital card info could somehow be hacked from the phone
Life is full of compromises and there are many of us who will gladly accept the risks for the convenience. I've lost my driver's license two times in my life and had to go thru the nightmare of the DMV process twice to replace it. I will love it when every single card I have can be available on my digital wallet.
1. Fear of opening yourself to possible police search due to committing a crime in the future
2. Phone battery will die in a situation the wallet is needed
3. Your digital card info could somehow be hacked from the phone
Life is full of compromises and there are many of us who will gladly accept the risks for the convenience. I've lost my driver's license two times in my life and had to go thru the nightmare of the DMV process twice to replace it. I will love it when every single card I have can be available on my digital wallet.
let me rephrase. i would never put my phone in a law enforcement officer's hand or hold it out for them to inspect. you are essentially consenting to a search if you offer the device (even for observation). if the phone stays in your pocket they need a warrant or probable cause to get access. you may think the issue was "addressed," but all scenarios whereby an officer can view the phone are searches to be avoided.
Is this whole thing just a scam to allow cops to look in your phone?
"Crap... we're not allowed to look in people's phones during traffic stops... because of privacy or whatever..."
"I got it... we'll have people put all their important documents in their phone... so they'll HAVE to let us look in it!"
"Amazing! You're getting a promotion!"
"Crap... we're not allowed to look in people's phones during traffic stops... because of privacy or whatever..."
"I got it... we'll have people put all their important documents in their phone... so they'll HAVE to let us look in it!"
"Amazing! You're getting a promotion!"
This is a common misconception. All persons should refuse warrantless searches, whether you think you have committed a crime or not.
What are you people doing that the police are trying to get into your phone every chance they get? I've worked in law enforcement for 16 years and I've never had a reason to look at someone's phone, nor do I want to touch it in case I drop it and break it.
If we need evidence from your phone, we're gonna get a warrant for it. Anything found randomly looking through your phone without a warrant would get thrown out under the 4th amendment in a heartbeat.
If we need evidence from your phone, we're gonna get a warrant for it. Anything found randomly looking through your phone without a warrant would get thrown out under the 4th amendment in a heartbeat.
Have had this in our states DMV (Service NSW) app for at least the last 18 months. I have shortcut to show driver licence - i tap on it and it opens. It has a QR code but I havent had any police interaction so not sure if they scan it or not. A friend had his and was stopped for random alcohol breath test and he just unlocked the phone, showed them the licence and its done. I dont, but I know people do who dont carry wallets anymore. Tap to pay ubiquitous here now for goods and services, public transport the same. Once the car key becomes more widely available i can see in 5 years just taking nothing but the phone when out for lunch, evenings with friends etc etc
Double click the side button to bring up wallet and show it to them just like you do with Apple Pay?
Where did you get the idea that just showing them the ID on your phone without handing it over gives them consent to search? They would still need a warrant or probable cause to search the phone.
Imagine thinking "I won't hand my phone to the police" is "reactionary" after what we saw American police do last summer.
No as you’d need a passport. Looks like this is for drivers licenses.
If you are concerned about having your biometrics in the wrong hands, keep it turned off or quickly deactivate it. It would also be a good idea not to turn on iMesaage in the Cloud or do backups in the cloud, if you care about privacy in that area.
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Not all states require you to ID. Many states only require such if you are suspected of committing a crime. Just because an officer ask to see identification, that doesn't necessarily mean he or she has the legal right to make you ID. Know your rights.
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Feel like this is more designed for being out and about, in the car you could keep a hard copy of your ID locked up.
keep a hard copy of your license in your car, i already keep a hard copy of a debit card and my insurance in there, locked up safe.
There’s a big difference with handing over a state identification card and something that has access to mostly everything you enjoy. This is going to be another way for the system to exploit certain citizens (hope not) but I’d rather give them the card.
Leave your physical drivers license in the glove box? The point of this is to reduce the need to carry a physical wallet, not to replace the physical ID card itself (it needs the card in the first place to do the scan and create the digital card). Eventuall, it would be nice if officers had NFC readers, or even if new cars wirelessly transmitted authenticated driver info without the officer having to get out, and a FaceTime call could be opened between the driver and officer to discuss the infraction.
Bad idea. If your car is stolen or broken into, bad actors now know where you live and can take their crime to your home and loved ones. You also can be victim of identity theft.
Bad idea and advice in my opinion.
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Which why I won’t be adding mine. I’m still going to carry my physical DL.
I didn’t realize it was a bad idea until I upgraded my truck and realized my glovebox don’t lock. I now keep a scanned copy of my Vehicle Registration and DL in my phone. GEICO already have a digital copy of your insurance that you can use.