Digital ID’s Coming Soon In CA; Privacy Advocates Concerned

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California Gov. Gavin Newsom stated that digital IDs will be ready “within a matter of months” for all California residents. This will allow residents to have their driver’s license information and forms of identification all on a digital wallet, supported primarily by Apple’s Wallet App.  Critics such as senior policy analyst at ACLU Jay Stanley stated, “A poorly constructed digital identity system could be a privacy nightmare.”