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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: 2) by NotSanguine on Wednesday June 19 2019, @03:58AM (1 child)

    by NotSanguine (285) <{NotSanguine} {at} {SoylentNews.Org}> on Wednesday June 19 2019, @03:58AM (#857327) Homepage Journal

    Thinking back to the last few times I stayed at a hotel, while I was asked for ID (and a credit card for incidentals), no one photocopied my ID or scanned it or anything.

    They looked at it and (presumably, as they didn't say that's what they were doing) verified that the name matched the credit card and the reservation and handed it back to me.

    In fact, I'm not sure that's ever happened when I've checked into a hotel. I suppose it's possible and I don't remember, but definitely not in the past five years or so.

    Is it a particular hotel chain (or country) you're referring to?

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  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Chocolate on Friday June 21 2019, @03:12PM

    by Chocolate (8044) on Friday June 21 2019, @03:12PM (#858565) Journal

    Not one in particular, no. All of them in two cities required to photocopy a license, and none would provide their policy in writing saying why it was needed. All of them checked the credit card against photo ID, even though the credit card policy says they should not do this.

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