Mobile ID basics
Mobile ID basics
What a mobile ID is, how a presentation works, and what changes for a business that accepts one.
Apple Wallet Mobile IDs: What Businesses Need to Know
Apple Wallet carries state-issued driver's licences and IDs in participating US jurisdictions, presented over the ISO/IEC 18013-5 flow. Availability depends on the issuing state, and a wallet carrying an ID says nothing about whether a given verifier accepts it.
Google Wallet Mobile IDs: What Businesses Need to Know
Google Wallet carries state-issued IDs built on ISO/IEC 18013-5 and publishes its supported issuing authorities along with their certificate locations. That list describes Google's support, not any particular verifier's.
How Mobile ID Verification Works, Step by Step
An in-person mobile ID check is a short cryptographic conversation: the phone and reader establish a session, the reader asks for named elements, the phone responds, and the reader validates the issuer's signature before reading anything.
What Is a Mobile Driver's License?
A mobile driver's licence (mDL) is a cryptographically signed credential issued to a phone by a state motor vehicle authority. It is not a picture of a card, and the difference is what makes a privacy-preserving age check possible.
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