humble3d Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 Digital driver's license to let police 'ping' phones... Delaware could be among the first states to use mobile driver's licenses. The Delaware Division of Motor Vehicles has launched a mobile driver's license pilot study that will run for six months, according to a release from the Delaware Department of Transportation. The six-month pilot study will include about 200 state employees and stakeholders. “Delaware is among the first states to test a mobile driver’s license, and we’re excited to help move this new technology forward,” said Gov. John Carney said in the release. Transportation Secretary Jennifer Cohan believes the pilot will help the state how mobile driver's licenses work in real-world scenarios. "[They will] address any issues that arise as a result before we decide to fully adopt and implement this application for our more than 800,000 licensed drivers and ID card holders,” she said in the release. The pilot is being run by both the Delaware DMV and IDEMIA, the company that produces the state’s physical driver's licenses and identification cards, according to the release. • Enhanced privacy for age verification: No need to show a person’s address, license number and birthdate. The mobile driver's license will verify if the person is over 18 or 21 and display a photo. • Law enforcement use during a traffic stop: The mobile driver's license will allow law enforcement officers to ping a driver’s smartphone to request their driver’s license information before walking to the vehicle. • Business acceptance: Understanding how businesses that require identification or age verification interact with the mobile driver's license will be advantageous throughout the pilot study. • Ease of Use: Ensuring the mobile driver's license is able to be presented to any organization without difficulty. • Secure access: The mobile driver's license is unlocked and accessible only by the license holder. The mobile driver's license is accessed through an app on the owner’s smartphone and is opened/unlocked by entering a user-created PIN or facial recognition. “It is our responsibility to always bring the best-in-class offerings to our state and an mDL holds the promise of offering an always-updated, secure credential that will be easy to use by our consumers, businesses and law enforcement,” Vien said in the release. https://www.delawareonline.com/story/news/2018/03/13/mobile-driver-licenses-horizon-delaware/420145002/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rasbridge Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 So four people in the car have digital licenses, how do they know which phone to ping? What if your battery dies? What if there is a cellular outage? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixoclock Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 20 minutes ago, rasbridge said: So four people in the car have digital licenses, how do they know which phone to ping? What if your battery dies? What if there is a cellular outage? They would ping all four phones, assuming all of them own a phone. Each phone has a unique ID such as chip id, mac address, etc. that is tied to the mobile driver's license. I think mobile driver’s license is a bad idea because you are more likely to loose a phone than a physical ID that is kept in your wallet or purse. A universal encrypted digital card or an implantable chip that stores all your IDs (driver's license, passport, etc.) and credit cards may be a better solution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
websurfer Posted July 6, 2018 Share Posted July 6, 2018 First off the cops would ping the phone of the vehicles registered owner, whom may not even be in the vehicle. Second, Pinging the phones of everyone in the vehicle before they approached and made everyone identify themselves would require some costly cellular equipment similar to what the hackers use to clone nearby phones just to identify the active phones in the vehicle. This type of required equipment then opens things way up for abuse/misuse that can violate a person's privacy rights such as illegally tracking us and illegally listening in our phone conversations. On a better note, the same cellular equipment's signal broadcasts eminating from a cop car will probably lead to really high cancer rates in officers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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