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Apple Introduced Digital ID in Apple Wallet

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64 points meetpateltech | 5 comments | 12 Nov 25 16:40 UTC | HN request time: 0.22s | source
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xd1936 ◴[12 Nov 25 18:44 UTC] No.45904129[source]▶
I am never handing my phone to a cop.
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bitpush ◴[12 Nov 25 18:49 UTC] No.45904212[source]▶
I get what you're saying, but if you think of it what we're doing today - handing over the one and only official piece of document to a) cop b) club bouncer etc.

They can hold onto it, and never return it. They can deface it. All of that is a possibilty.

You could argue, a sufficiently locked down phone is a better alternative. If they do something, you'll only lose $$

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1. barbazoo ◴[12 Nov 25 18:53 UTC] No.45904281[source]▶
> They can hold onto it, and never return it. They can deface it. All of that is a possibility.

But they can't potentially look at your banking app, read private notes, messages and emails, operate your home automation, look at your calendar, etc. if all they have is a plastic card.

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3. magnetic ◴[12 Nov 25 19:24 UTC] No.45904929[source]▶
They can't do that either with Wallet items. That's kind of the point: you can hand over your phone with a wallet item "unlocked" and visible on the screen, and that's all they'll have access to.
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4. barbazoo ◴[12 Nov 25 19:38 UTC] No.45905191[source]▶
Sure but then you've already given them your phone after which you don't know what happens. Plus it's a lot of leverage for them to have it, e.g. "unlock or you won't get it back".
5. iamnothere ◴[12 Nov 25 19:42 UTC] No.45905263[source]▶
Until they covertly plug it in to the Cellebrite unit back in the patrol car.