Maybe I'm just not imaginative enough, but I don't imagine myself relying on a digital device in order to prove my identity in foreign countries. Drop your phone and break it... then what do you do? And yeah, you can lose your physical passport, but you can also repeatedly stomp on it and even submerge it in water and it will still be useful.
I added my US passport to my Pixel's wallet app in June. It's neat and let's you see what data is transmitted over NFC, and lists some details about the signed certificate for the data (seems they do only 2 weeks of validity for each cert signature, and the app fetches a new sig automatically) but I have yet to come across TSA agents advertising acceptance of digital IDs, so typically I default to my passport card.
> Considering REAL ID is not sufficient for DHS or ICE, I highly doubt it.
You can get a real id without being a citizen so it shouldn't be used as proof of citizenship.
From the California DMV site:
> Any Californian who can prove their current legal presence in the United States (U.S.) with one of the accepted identity documents (original or certified copy) is eligible to receive a REAL ID driver license or identification (DL/ID) card. This includes all U.S. citizens, permanent residents who are not U.S. citizens (Green Card holders), and those with temporary legal status, such as recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) or Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and holders of a valid student or employment visa.
First step on the path to signing everything you write on the internet with your government issued digital ID.
Be careful what you give up in the name of convenience.
Maybe I'm just not imaginative enough, but I don't imagine myself relying on a digital device in order to prove my identity in foreign countries. Drop your phone and break it... then what do you do? And yeah, you can lose your physical passport, but you can also repeatedly stomp on it and even submerge it in water and it will still be useful.
The article says this is not a replacement for physical passport.
Not useful for much in the real world, but extremely useful for online age verification.
I added my US passport to my Pixel's wallet app in June. It's neat and let's you see what data is transmitted over NFC, and lists some details about the signed certificate for the data (seems they do only 2 weeks of validity for each cert signature, and the app fetches a new sig automatically) but I have yet to come across TSA agents advertising acceptance of digital IDs, so typically I default to my passport card.
Will DHS and ICE consider them valid proof of citizenship? I’d really like that confirmed.
Considering REAL ID is not sufficient for DHS or ICE, I highly doubt it.
> Apple says it is not a replacement for a physical passport, and it cannot be used for international travel and border crossing purposes.
I'd read that as you're still expected to produce physical documents if you get questioned.
> Considering REAL ID is not sufficient for DHS or ICE, I highly doubt it.
You can get a real id without being a citizen so it shouldn't be used as proof of citizenship.
From the California DMV site:
> Any Californian who can prove their current legal presence in the United States (U.S.) with one of the accepted identity documents (original or certified copy) is eligible to receive a REAL ID driver license or identification (DL/ID) card. This includes all U.S. citizens, permanent residents who are not U.S. citizens (Green Card holders), and those with temporary legal status, such as recipients of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) or Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and holders of a valid student or employment visa.
https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/driver-licenses-identification...