Security News > 2021 > November > Digital driver's licenses: Are they secure enough for us to trust?
Digital driver's licenses should work the same way, according to privacy and security experts.
Several states are moving forward with digital driver's licenses.
Drivers in Arizona and Georgia will soon be able to use iPhones and Apple Watches as digital licenses or ID cards.
Bob Rudis, chief data scientist at Rapid7, said that state legislatures rolling out digital driver's licenses have not all added enough protections to restrict law enforcement from using unlocked devices for other investigative purposes.
Ansari of Trend Micro expects some of the security standards for digital driver's licenses to come from companies that make the phones.
With tech companies making money by selling digital identity management platforms and government agencies trying to streamline operations and save money, citizens will have to be the privacy advocates in the digital identity debate, he said.