DL not accepting some iPhone IDs. (State of GA)
May 23, 2023, 1:19 am
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DL not accepting some iPhone IDs. (State of GA)
According to Richard Kerr, it seems like Delta is no longer allowing passengers to use the Digital ID + PreCheck line at ATL.
If I had a guess why this is, I’d assume it’s to get people to join Clear. All in all, this is not a great change.
https://twitter.com/kerrpoints/status/1660813271426023426?s=46&t=4ge9KfJEpmQDywbGRSiCWA
If I had a guess why this is, I’d assume it’s to get people to join Clear. All in all, this is not a great change.
https://twitter.com/kerrpoints/status/1660813271426023426?s=46&t=4ge9KfJEpmQDywbGRSiCWA
May 23, 2023, 5:12 am
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This is wrong as presented in this thread.
Delta is sticking with the digital ID/facial recognition program that exists as a separate line.
Delta is NOT going to allow drivers licenses on their iPhone to be a valid form of ID. Some of it stems from the fact that Georgia botched it by not having a barcode on their digital license, the presence of multiple vendors, and no true unified standard.
Delta is sticking with the digital ID/facial recognition program that exists as a separate line.
Delta is NOT going to allow drivers licenses on their iPhone to be a valid form of ID. Some of it stems from the fact that Georgia botched it by not having a barcode on their digital license, the presence of multiple vendors, and no true unified standard.
Last edited by emma dog; May 23, 2023 at 5:22 am
May 23, 2023, 5:15 am
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What my digital GA license looks like. The blacked out part is my first name last initial. It takes 2 steps to open and then lacks the sense that it’s “real” or “secure”.a TSA agent could not verify its real while also seeing the passenger’s information. Meaning, the picture below has a hologram-like appearance when seen live, but there is no information on that page that could be used to ID someone. The page with identifiers could easily be a forged JPG.
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May 23, 2023, 6:23 am
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The Georgia peach "card" in Apple wallet is just a placeholder. When you tap your Apple phone or watch at TSA, your information is transmitted to the officer: facial recognition (the reason you did the 3 D face scan) and drivers license information; the latter including photo has been verified by the Georgia DMV as authentic. I'm referring to the use of this ID for TSA purposes, not Delta. I didn't know that Delta was even considering use of this Apple ID as valid ID.
May 23, 2023, 7:23 am
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This is wrong as presented in this thread.
Delta is sticking with the digital ID/facial recognition program that exists as a separate line.
Delta is NOT going to allow drivers licenses on their iPhone to be a valid form of ID. Some of it stems from the fact that Georgia botched it by not having a barcode on their digital license, the presence of multiple vendors, and no true unified standard.
Delta is sticking with the digital ID/facial recognition program that exists as a separate line.
Delta is NOT going to allow drivers licenses on their iPhone to be a valid form of ID. Some of it stems from the fact that Georgia botched it by not having a barcode on their digital license, the presence of multiple vendors, and no true unified standard.
Noooooooo....
(feel free to bribe your Georgia IT professional on the way out)
May 23, 2023, 7:24 am
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What my digital GA license looks like. The blacked out part is my first name last initial. It takes 2 steps to open and then lacks the sense that it’s “real” or “secure”.a TSA agent could not verify its real while also seeing the passenger’s information. Meaning, the picture below has a hologram-like appearance when seen live, but there is no information on that page that could be used to ID someone. The page with identifiers could easily be a forged JPG.
May 23, 2023, 2:16 pm
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I just passed through the TSA and asked about the digital divers license. The agent said they can’t accept it because it doesn’t slide into the drivers license machine, and they can’t handle people’s personal phones to verify the info. There’s no transmit function as stated above.
May 23, 2023, 5:17 pm
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I just passed through the TSA and asked about the digital divers license. The agent said they can’t accept it because it doesn’t slide into the drivers license machine, and they can’t handle people’s personal phones to verify the info. There’s no transmit function as stated above.
Airports must upgrade their equipment, which I think is sponsored or paid by airlines.
ATL has already done a ton, especially the south/precheck/clear/digital area.
May 24, 2023, 2:47 pm
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I just passed through the TSA and asked about the digital divers license. The agent said they can’t accept it because it doesn’t slide into the drivers license machine, and they can’t handle people’s personal phones to verify the info. There’s no transmit function as stated above.
In ATL the Digital ID area (for Precheck) will read mobile drivers licenses. At airports that TSA accepts at, not all checkpoints have the ability to read mobile IDs.
May 24, 2023, 6:31 pm
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The contactless/NFC part is important and encrypted (and require passcode or biometrics to work); bar codes are for vanity and not critical to their use.
May 24, 2023, 6:48 pm
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I don’t see how I could transmit my Georgia license from my wallet.
I haven’t seen these machines in any of the airports I’ve been through recently (https://learn.wallet.apple/id). Elsewhere on TSA it says they’re in trial status.
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May 24, 2023, 7:21 pm
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I haven't tried it yet at the airport but to 'transmit' on an iphone is double click the side button once you're on the id in your wallet...that prompts the 'hold near reader' NFC connection
May 24, 2023, 7:55 pm
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The whole point of Digital ID is that you don't need a driver's license (or any ID).... it verifies you through biometrics.
May 24, 2023, 8:00 pm
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