You lose your ID 4x per year?! I lost my (British) passport once and later that same year it was in a bag that was stolen - I was warned that I wouldn't be issued with another one if it happened again. I am now super paranoid when I have to carry it, in fact now that I type this I realise I'm extra edgy because I'm about to leave for a trip in a few minutes with my passport :-O
Most countries will forgive two lost passports within a 10 year period. After that they may refuse or give you limited duration documents. This is of course at the discretion of the country issuing the documents - but if they are overly generous it will cause problems with other countries expected to accept the documents.
The main concern is they don't want a bunch of unaccounted for passports lying around. It dramatically increases the risk of fraud.
Re:NSW Digital Driver Licence
by bradstewart on Friday November 08, 2019 @04:33PM
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I was visiting my parents in New Orleans a few weeks ago when my mom showed me the LA Wallet app and said "we have this cool new ID app now. I'm sure other states must have had it for ages, but we finally got it". Nope, not at all.
It's cool to see my hometown progressing on at least one front.
Re:NSW Digital Driver Licence
by rahimnathwani on Friday November 08, 2019 @02:47AM
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"I'm hoping the next step is issuing a public/private key along with the ID."
If I need a key pair, I'd prefer to generate it myself. Otherwise, the private key isn't really private.
I might be less ecstatic if I had a car and got pulled over and asked to show my ID. I wouldn't be comfortable handing my unlocked phone over to the state. I trust the internal walls of the mobile walled gardens more than I trust a cop.