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Mobile biometric driver’s licenses coming to a state near you

Posted on August 29, 2017 by pogowasright.org

Joe Cadillic writes:

MorphoTrust (MT) is trying to convince motorists that mobile biometric driver’s licenses (MDL) are a good thing. Two years ago MT convinced the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) to pilot their mobile driver’s license program.

MT wants you to download an image of your driver’s license to your smartphone and use that instead of a physical license. A KTVQ video revealed how the MT app uses facial recognition to verify an individual’s identity.

Using a mobile biomteric driver’s license poses numerous privacy concerns.

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