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Should I Use My State’s Digital Driver’s License?

There are real #privacy and #security trade-offs with digital IDs, and it’s not clear if the benefits are big enough—or exist at all—to justify them.

But if you are curious about this technology, there are still a few things you should know and some questions to consider.
#ddl #driverslicense #digitaldriverslicence #smartphone

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/10/should-i-use-my-states-digital-drivers-license

#USA #DigitalIDs #DigitalDriversLicence #Surveillance #Privacy #DataProtection: "Smartphones have already made it significantly easier for governments and corporations to track everything we do and everywhere we go. Digital IDs are poised to add to that data collection, by increasing the frequency that our phones leave digital breadcrumbs behind us. There are technological safeguards that could reduce these risks, but they’re currently not required by law, and no technology fix is perfect enough to guarantee privacy.

For example, if you use a digital ID to prove your age to buy a six-pack of beer, the card reader’s verifier might make a record of the holder’s age status. Even if personal information isn’t exchanged in the credential itself, you may have provided payment info associated with this transaction. This collusion of personal information might be then sold to data brokers, seized by police or immigration officials, stolen by data thieves, or misused by employees.

This is just one more reason why we need a federal data privacy law: currently, there aren’t sufficient rules around how your data gets used."

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/10/should-i-use-my-states-digital-drivers-license