News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Apple Introduced Digital ID in Apple Wallet by contagiousflow on Thursday November 13, 2025 @11:29AM (#45916874)
So you would be happy to have your digital identity be managed by Xiaomi, Yandex, or Eitaa?
Re:Apple Introduced Digital ID in Apple Wallet by crazygringo on Friday November 14, 2025 @10:38AM (#45927851)
I don't know what you mean by "managed by".

But I'd be perfectly happy to use a phone made by any of them that let me upload my driver's license to a wallet they managed.

I mean, why wouldn't I? What do I care whether China knows who I am...? I mean, I've already given them my passport when I visited anyways.

Re:Apple Introduced Digital ID in Apple Wallet by iAMkenough on Friday November 14, 2025 @04:32PM (#45932439)
I'll manage it for you. Just send me an email with a photo copy of your identifying information and I'll add it to a digital wallet I'm working on for you. You've got nothing to worry about, right?
Re:Apple Introduced Digital ID in Apple Wallet by crazygringo on Monday November 17, 2025 @08:10PM (#45960286)
Why would I want you to manage it? Are you making a phone I want to buy?

Just because I'm happy with some corporations having a scan of my driver's license doesn't mean I'm happy with anybody having it.

Are you already storing the details of millions of others, and mine is nothing special? Are you a publicly traded corporation accountable to shareholders? Are you a nation-state with procedures around all these things? Or are you a criminal trying to sign up for credit cards in my name?

Your supposed equivalence isn't an equivalence at all.