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From: Chris in Makati <mail@nospam.com>
Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone
Subject: Re: digital id
Date: Tue, 08 Jul 2025 17:14:54 +0100
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On Tue, 8 Jul 2025 11:01:17 -0400, badgolferman
<REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote:

>Some states allow digital drivers licenses in Apple Wallet and even TSA 
>is accepting digital passports now too.  Has anyone here done this? 
>What advantage have you found?  What could possibly go wrong with this 
>scenario?  It seems like a privacy nightmare in the making.

I'm not sure why it would be a privacy nightmare. I would think an ID
is more secure on a phone that it is in a paper format such as we have
now with driver's licenses and passports. It's the same with credit
cards. Apple Pay is more secure than a plastic card.

For me, the more things that can be made digital and put on a phone
the better so that I don't need to carry so much around in a physical
wallet.

Chris