Privacy
A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.
Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.
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I have the digital id in case i forget my physical one (despite not legaly being required to carry id) but its in an empty graphene os profile.
Either have a cheap second hand sim less phone just for that or carry the physical Id or perhaps a copy of the physical id.
That means if I used the digital version, they would had unlimited access to all my digital life. Photos, emails, chats, from decades ago.
Do they actually take your phone when you present it to them for digital ID? They don't scan it and bring up the same information on their scanner?
No they don't, they just scan it and dont take the phone. But of course, they could.
You can pin the app (android) or have it in guided access mode (ios). Although, yeah, I wouldn't be surprised if there's an exploit to get out and access memory it shouldn't. Maybe if you install the govt spyware app in a different user profile (Android) then it will be restricted to that certain memory.
That's a limitation in your countries implementation then. The owner must have full control of what data to present or at least category based requests.
Meanwhile, there's me who just likes paper versions of this stuff because I like to be able to order a backup hard copy just in case something happens to the first one.
Edit: I'm a fucking dumbass. I was 100% aware they were talking about driver's licenses, yet I was only referring to other vital documents like one's birth certificate, and yet I didn't make the connection in my brain. Apologies. :/
Wait, what? There are countries that let you have multiple valid copies of the same ID??
Sorry, my bad. I meant more stuff like the birth certificate and other vital documents. I really should've specified.
(I swear I'm not a dumbass sometimes.)
That stuff becomes a moot point once you have a decently working bureaucratic system (if and when). If you can ask for a digital certificate online, and get it in your email three days later, you're not too worried about losing a copy.
On the other hand... I swear to you that multiple times, I have had to present "a birth certificate that was less than 6 months old".
As if the time and circumstances of my birth might have suddenly changed in the last year.
If you use an android phone, just create a separate account on your phone just with the apps you want the police to see. No email, photos, social media, or anything. This way you can switch to the restricted user before giving the cop your phone.