The airport trip is never fun, regardless of your excitement from your destination. There are many Control points of the Security Administration Transportation (TSA) to pass, and you could worry if one of your electronics is prohibited from your hand luggage. However, the ASD promises that the new Digital ID Pass technology will make the security process more efficient.
Digital ID PASS is a digital version of your passport and can also include digital versions of other IDs such as your driving license. More than 250 airports have digital identification success capacities and this is likely to develop. The digital version is the same as your physical identifier, but with better safety capacities. When an ASD officer analyzes this digital identifier, he will only see the information relevant for the verification of the identity.
All passport holders of the United States can use the digital identification success on their Android phone. However, there are restrictions for certain states for a digital driving license and a state identifier. It is easy to configure on your smartphone, and it can be easily deleted when you choose to do so.
Digital ID configuration on Android
The application you will need is called Google Wallet. If you don’t already have it on your phone. It is easy to use for digital ID, and Google Wallet also has other practical features. It will only work with Android 9 or more. You must also have an activated locked screen and Bluetooth and nearby devices must be activated. If you want to download your driving license or your status ID, this is not an option in each state. Only Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Iowa, Maryland and New Mexico allow these documents to be on Google Wallet. However, the identification transition for your passport is available in the 50 states.
In Google Wallet, click Add to the wallet and then to the identity card. There will be instructions on the screen to follow, in particular by taking a photo of the front and back of the ID, as well as a photo of yourself. As usual, when you take identity photos, use a virgin backdrop like a table and have good lighting.
You can also easily delete the ID if you only wanted to use it for a single flight or have security problems. On your Android phone, go back to the Google Wallet app. Click on your identifier you want to delete. At the top, there will be three vertical points that will open a mini menu when you click on it. Select Delete and confirm to delete again.
Advice for the digital identification pass
Since the state ID and driving license are only supported in selected states, if you go to a new state, you will no longer have this option, so you will want to delete these IDs from the application. Digital ID cannot really replace a physical ID. TSA rules indicate that you should always take the real physical document with you. For this reason, participation in the digital identification process is entirely optional.
Are you concerned about data security? TSA rules Indicate that “TSA receives only digital identification information from a passenger in TSA control points with the passenger consent … The TSA does not copy or store digital ID, unless this is done in a limited test environment for the assessment of the precision of the technology of facial comparison. In this case, TSA informs the passenger by signs, advice, Pias on TSA.GOV and other means. Thus, your identification data can be stored with the TSA, and of course, not everyone will be comfortable with it.
The process of passing the airport control points may seem a little dehumanizing, as worrying about what TSA body scanners can really see and question your personal items. For those who choose to use the digital identification passage, it can potentially be a faster process to get to the plane. For those who choose not to do it, everyone must still transport a physical identity document anyway, so nothing for you, you will need to be modified.
