Iowa to launch smartphone driver's license

Re:Iowa to launch smartphone driver's license by uniformlyrandom on Thursday December 11, 2014 @03:56PM (#8737024)

You do not need to unlock a smartphone to exchange the information with an external device.

I would imagine that verification of said license should happen wirelessly.

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Re:Iowa to launch smartphone driver's license by hwgd on Thursday December 11, 2014 @04:04PM (#8737057)

so authorities / anyone can now pull someone's license wirelessly and know who's behind the wheel without actually pulling them over?

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Re:Iowa to launch smartphone driver's license by duaneb on Thursday December 11, 2014 @04:14PM (#8737094)

Well, they could always do this by running plates.

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Re:Iowa to launch smartphone driver's license by jonknee on Thursday December 11, 2014 @04:19PM (#8737118)

Which will tell you who the vehicle is registered to. That could be your company, an Uber driver, Hertz, your spouse, etc etc.

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Re:Iowa to launch smartphone driver's license by duaneb on Friday December 12, 2014 @07:46PM (#8743589)

Sure, but my point is that in many situations this is already a reality, and people wanting to avoid this will be able to by using their existing, plastic ID.

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