I’ve never understood the appeal of digital driver’s licenses. If I get pulled over, there’s no fucking way I’m unlocking my phone and handing it to a cop.
As I recall, you don’t need to unlock your phone to share your ID.
- You tap an NFC reader with your locked phone
- The reader asks you to share certain information (for example, a bar might just ask for birthday and photo)
- you approve the encrypted data share via biometrics
- the share completes and returns to your Lock Screen
I haven’t been pulled over in years.
And the digital IDs are in the second phase of a pilot program in CA. People are still required to drive with physical IDs because the readers are not widespread.
It’s a new thing. The goal is to have readers in all sorts of places. Right not they’re basically only at airports.
It would be useful everywhere else, apart from when pulled over by a cop. Like at a bar, grocery / liquor store while buying drinks, airport security if TSA allows it and any store which needs your ID for pickup. No need to pull my ID out if I’m just going to pay with my phone.
