Mobile Driver's License

Full Title or Meme

The Mobile Driver's License is being developed to expand the Identity functions of the driver's license to the online space.

Context

• ISO 18013-5 for a Mobile Driver's License is creating a great whirl of actions about getting driver's licenses installed on Smartphones.
• Google announced (2020-11-04) privacy-preserving features in Android's Mobile Driving License framework including the credential API in Android 11.
• The Kantara's discussion group on Privacy and Identity in the mobile driver' license aka PImDL focus is now on North America where individual provinces and states are responsible for issuing Identity Cards base on the mdl.

Use Cases

• Mobile_Driver's License in Healthcare

Problems

• privacy of Driver's Licenses treated by some sovereign issuers like Texas.

References

• Pew Research mobile fact sheet
• review the mDL resources available from the Secure Technology Alliance on the mDLConnection website