VertanaOct 13, 2024
Electronic Frontier Foundation
As more and more states roll out some form of mobile driver’s license, you might be asking yourself: should I use this thing? https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/10/should-i-use-my-states-digital-drivers-license
 
Should I Use My State’s Digital Driver’s License?

A mobile driver’s license (often called an mDL) is a version of your ID that you keep on your phone instead of in your pocket. In theory, it would work wherever your regular ID works—TSA, liquor stores, to pick up a prescription, or to get into a bar. This sounds simple enough, and might even be...

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Oct 13, 2024 at 3:53pmScheduler
Show threadMx VerdaOct 13, 2024

@eff
I don’t want yet another thing to keep my device on, charged, updated, connected, and working for.

A piece of plastic, while frustrating af for microplastic and fossil fuel company reasons,
Doesn’t lose signal, battery, or data security for me to show it to someone.

Show threadZimmieOct 13, 2024
@MxVerda @eff It’s actually worse than that. Digital driver license copies aren’t so much for showing to *people* as they are for showing to applications or websites. By providing an easy-to-verify-electronically copy of your license, they lay the groundwork for laws which require websites to strongly verify age (e.g, no “porn” [which also includes mention that LGBT people exist] for people under 18) and identity (e.g, all social media use must be connected to someone’s legal identity).
Show threadzoetekOct 13, 2024
@bob_zim @MxVerda @eff I mean other than that they use SSN or credit card now. I know the porn laws are pushed for more than just porn as well. On top of the government and other sites getting hacked or leaking their data themselves. I want no part in what they are cooking.
Show threadZen Zero ☯️ ◯Oct 13, 2024
@eff @nazgul Seems like a bad idea to hand a cop an unlocked cell phone.
Show threadsimplycorbettOct 13, 2024
@xvf17 @eff @nazgul Bad idea?? What could possibly go wrong…

/s
Show threadKee HinckleyOct 14, 2024

@simplycorbett @xvf17 @eff Some of the solutions use the wallet app and so can display without unlocking. But as the article points out, getting users to figure that out in the best of times is hard, when facing a cop is even less likely. Never mind that if you get an ambiguous notification while they are looking, they could claim probable cause.

Bad idea around.

Show threadsimplycorbettOct 14, 2024
@nazgul @xvf17 @eff I mean, sure, but if you have faceid enabled I bet it will unlock automatically anyway.
Show threadKee HinckleyOct 14, 2024
@simplycorbett @xvf17 @eff Very true. My todo list on being stopped is to click power 5 times (ha!).
I wish the Lock Screen shortcut had an option to do the same hard lock. Then I could just have a shortcut via voice or on the Lock Screen itself.
Show threadZen Zero ☯️ ◯Oct 14, 2024
@nazgul @simplycorbett @eff Don’t know about android. On iPhone, pinch power +volume up and it requires passcode to unlock.
Show threadNathaniel HörnblowérOct 13, 2024
@eff And you may ask yourself, How do I work this?