More US legislation would create hybrid digital IDs

Another U.S. state is considering a tentative path to mobile driver’s licenses.

Pennsylvania state lawmakers have introduced a bill in the lower house that would make digital IDs a publicly and privately recognized document in combination with a conventional physical document.

Holders of an mDL could filter the information displayed in a transaction.

Police would not have the authority to demand a phone as they do now with physical IDs.

Officers could not search a suspect’s phone without a warrant …

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