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A secure Know Your Customer API would be a useful service for Apple and Google to provide to developers. It could scan the ID and reveal individual pieces of in
by 1123581321 1y ago
A secure Know Your Customer API would be a useful service for Apple and Google to provide to developers. It could scan the ID and reveal individual pieces of information with permission to the application or multiple applications. Forgive me if it already exists and this app just wasn’t using it.
- arianvanp 1y agoApple is launching such a service in iOS26 https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2025/232/ https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2025/232/
- 1123581321 1y agoAh, nice that it's a web standard. Looks like Google is as well. https://developer.chrome.com/blog/digital-credentials-api-origin-trial https://developer.chrome.com/blog/digital-credentials-api-or... Link to the related web standard https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model-2.0/ https://www.w3.org/TR/vc-data-model-2.0/
- ok123456 1y agoOr we could deny providing "app" developers with any such information.
- codedokode 1y agoI am not going to show my ID to Google, especially given that it is a foreign company with dubious data collection history.
- ronsor 1y agoYou are going to show your ID to at least one foreign company with dubious data collection history, because the government will eventually force it on you.
- EnderWT 1y agoThis is mDL (mobile driver's license) here in the US, but it's a new technology and not widely available or adopted yet. https://www.nccoe.nist.gov/projects/digital-identities-mdl https://www.nccoe.nist.gov/projects/digital-identities-mdl
- 1123581321 1y agoInteresting; thanks. That should connect to browsers' Digital Credentials API the other user mentioned.