The Safety And Privacy Concerns Of Storing Your Driver's License In A Digital Wallet
They can reveal less information than a physical card, but privacy protections don’t necessarily follow your data after you share it.
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Putting your driver's license in a digital wallet doesn't mean storing a picture of the plastic card on your phone. A standards-based mobile driver's license, or mDL, contains digitally signed information that lets a compatible reader verify it came from the issuing authority.
That design can make some interactions more private than showing a physical card, while also protecting access to the ID with your phone's security features. But moving identification onto a smart device raises a different set of questions about tracking, data retention and what happens if the phone becomes unavailable.
Why a digital driver's license can reveal less than a physical one
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Handing over a physical driver's license exposes everything printed on it to the person checking it. If someone only needs...
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