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Germans Can Soon Use Their iPhones as Virtual ID Cards

posted by martyb on Wednesday June 19 2019, @02:31AM   Printer-friendly
from the easier-than-trading-eyeballs dept.

MrPlow writes in with a submission, via IRC, for SoyCow4463.

iOS 13's newly expanded NFC support will be useful for more than just hopping on the subway. Germany is taking advantage of the upcoming software's support for Apple-approved NFC identification documents to let residents scan their ID cards and use them both online and for check-ins at international airports. You'll need to wait for both the release of iOS 13 (likely in September) and the German government's AusweisApp2 to make everything work, but this might just save you the trouble of pulling out your wallet to prove who you are.

Source: https://www.engadget.com/2019/06/17/germany-ios-13-id-card-nfc-support/

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by Acabatag on Wednesday June 19 2019, @03:46AM (2 children)

    by Acabatag (2885) on Wednesday June 19 2019, @03:46AM (#857324)

    Actually, I really don't want my phone to become anything that is an 'official identity' item. Namely, I don't want my phone to ever become something that law enforcement or government feels like they have the right to scrutinize.

    I like it for there to be little or no plausible reason for a government official to ask me to pull my phone out of my pocket.

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  • (Score: 2) by driverless on Wednesday June 19 2019, @06:54AM

    by driverless (4770) on Wednesday June 19 2019, @06:54AM (#857342)

    "Your papers.... iPhone, please! Obersturmbannfuehrer, check his pap... verdammt!"

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 19 2019, @03:32PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday June 19 2019, @03:32PM (#857473)

    On the other hand, I can imagine that to give a new level of identity theft: You don't need to steal someone's ID card, you just have to scan it with your iPhone …