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Apple Introduced Digital ID in Apple Wallet

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64 points meetpateltech | 1 comments | 12 Nov 25 16:40 UTC | HN request time: 0s | 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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JoshTriplett ◴[12 Nov 25 19:02 UTC] No.45904501[source]▶
If I lose a piece of ID, I've lost a piece of paper/plastic. I'm inconvenienced, but can easily get a replacement and have the original invalidated.
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1. 0x457 ◴[12 Nov 25 20:28 UTC] No.45906083[source]▶
> have the original invalidated.

Only for it's "original" use case - traffic laws enforcement. I don't think any other entity can validate if this piece of plastic is invalidated or not. Also, it's not like information on lost ID gets erased when you get a new one: still has your address, DOB and other info that can be misused.