In March, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), through its National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, announced that it was seeking feedback from all stakeholders in the digital identity sector regarding a project examining the use of such ID on mobile devices.
Mobile devices have become convenient platforms for many uses such as making payments, checking in to a flight, or storing event tickets. More recently, demand has surfaced to use mobile devices to replace physical identification cards, such as government issued driver’s licenses, with a digital equivalent.
In April 2021, the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Strategy, Policy, and Plans and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) published a request for information in the Federal Register seeking information about security standards and technologies concerning mobile driver’s licenses. TSA is interested in mobile driver’s licenses because, compared to physical driver’s licenses, mobile driver’s licenses could provide greater security to TSA and all federal agencies verifying an individual’s identity, stronger privacy protections to individuals, and health and safety benefits to all users by enabling touchless identity verification.
Standards for new digital credentials are now emerging that can support both greater individual control of identity attributes and immediate validation with issuing sources. This provides the potential for both improved usability and convenience for the end user and stronger assurance in identity for organizations.
On March 23, 2022, Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport became the first airport to deploy a new technology that allows airline passengers to use their state-issued mobile driver’s license or mobile identification card in Apple Wallet on iPhone or Apple Watch to verify their identity for airport security screening purposes. At the time, TSA Administrator David Pekoske said he expected the airport to be the first of many to feature this innovation. Indeed, Maryland joined Arizona as the second state to offer this feature in May 2022 and the latest adoptee is the State of Georgia which announced on May 18 that it was preparing to deploy the technology this month.
Running alongside the Apple program, TSA, the Utah Driver License Division and GET Group North America announced that in March this year that TSA would accept Utah mobile driver’s licenses via the GET Mobile app as a valid travel credential in TSA PreCheck lines at select airports around the country.
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, Miami International Airport, Salt Lake City International Airport, and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport are also among the growing list of airports where mobile driver’s licenses are now accepted by TSA.
At Salt Lake City for example, TSA is using second-generation Credential Authentication Technology (CAT-2) units that are equipped with readers that allow TSA PreCheck-eligible travelers to use mobile driver’s licenses or photo IDs for TSA identity verification purposes.
A TSA spokesperson told Homeland Security Today that the agency is continuing its evaluation of biometric and digital identity solutions for identity verification. “Automated biometric technology can play an important role in increasing aviation security effectiveness, particularly at the airport checkpoint, by enhancing current manual identity verification procedures,” the spokesperson said. “Identity management is a central element to security screening. TSA is working to ensure that its biometric capabilities align with leading standards for identity assurance to strengthen vetting outcomes and identity verification. Participation is entirely voluntary.”
The spokesperson revealed that TSA is currently conducting biometric operational assessments – to include facial recognition, mobile driver’s license or digital ID – at 25 domestic airports to study the potential for significant enhancement in identity verification, improved checkpoint efficiency and to provide passengers with a better checkpoint experience.
Save money instead for transportation being made cheaper thus moving food back on the masses shelves at lower prices while allowing gas in USA to flow with cheaper gas prices, blah, blah; forget about investing in costly TSA nonsense, IMO! No, the population don't want this, it's illusions for BS controlled diversions, and utter waste IMO!
ReplyDeleteIf borders remain porous enough to allow God knows who through, overkill $$ spent at Airports equals pure non-productive waste of our taxpayer's money, IMO! Money is plenty, resources are plenty, but very greedy power-player's want the masses to believe they should accept third world country tactic's with no push back???
America needs oversight on bloated Government waste, less governing, trusted decent folks in charge of funds, and God's intervention to deal with some very stupid people pushing fake propaganda to make receiving crumbs American's reality, IMO; it's a ruse, has been a bunch of BS con games played way, way, too long, IMO! Hitler Tactic's on Steroids' and when she blows, it will be necessary no doubt, IMO!
The illusions don't work, systems broken, and bling used Technology won't fix stupidity, just duh, close borders, stop the bleeding, and let people have their freedoms; enough Airport useless tactic's applied already, seen it for last 15 years traveling the increase of stupidity applied to aggravate the populace, in my humble opinion, and experiences!!!
It's a bad idiotic joke to invoke more useless
psychological warfare ON great law abiding American's while illegal criminals come over our lawless borders, given everything freely, and they invade our space at a cost to American's, seriously?? AI is made to look good because Gov. Agenda's are looking dumber, right? American Citizen's are being Bullied is the bottom-line, and by our OWN nut-jobs, IMO!
Results are worthless waste of time, money,with bullies running this nonsense IMO! It's an insult to every law abiding God loving American Citizen they want to put through their ringer, IMO!
ReplyDeleteNO, they best knock off the con job ruses, Americans have had enough of waste, stupidity, bullying, and being targeted in our own Nation, IMO! Human-beings are not cattle while the wild bulls are allowed freely in our back door borders? Makes no decent sense except nefarious acts being implemented, and MUST Cease, IMO!