Department of Public Safety and will always
be accurate and up-to-date,” the program’s
website states.
Residents’ information is secure and can only be
accessed with their fingerprint or face ID, officials
with the Department of Public Safety said.
“One less thing for me to carry and lose,” Mike
Davis told WLOX.
Mississippi Mobile ID is voluntary, and residents
may continue relying on their physical ID.
Some residents interviewed by the TV station
prefer to continue relying on their physical ID.
“At the end of the day, we already have so much
of our personal data on our phones anyway that
I think that we kind of need to keep a little bit off
of our phones,” said Nick Fain of Ocean Springs.
Fain said he prefers the physical card he keeps in
his wallet.
More information about the program is available
at https://www.driverservicebureau.dps.
ms.gov/mobile-id/
DIGITAL DRIVER’S LICENSES ARE
COMING SOON FOR IOWA MOTORISTSIowa motorists will soon have the option of
keeping their driver’s license on their phones.
State officials have begun a pilot project to
make digital driver’s licenses, or “mobile IDs,”
available for download via smartphone apps
sometime in 2022, the Cedar Rapids Gazette
reported this week.
Iowa is one of several states that have
considered, tested or begun issuing digital
versions of driver’s licenses. Iowa plans to test
devices equipped with digital versions through