Chet wordmark with orange bowtie Chet wordmark with orange bowtie

Apple Imposing Strict Terms on U.S. States for Digital IDs in Wallet App - MacRumors

The company requires states to independently maintain the systems used to issue and service credentials, hire project managers to respond to Apple’s inquiries, verify IDs, perform quality testing to ensure that digital IDs meet Apple’s requirements, “prominently” market the feature, “proactively” offer digital IDs whenever a citizen gets a new or replacement card, and encourage state and federal government agencies to widely adopt digital IDs.

I’m interested in this idea, having my license on my phone, but I hope my state looks at these terms and tells Apple to pound sand. Completely inappropriate for a private technology to dictate terms to a governmental agency over a program that benefits the private company’s bottomline, at the full expense of the taxpayer.

All Posts