Who uses their passport for domestic travel?
I do.
iOS 26 Will Let You Add Your U.S. Passport to Wallet for Identity Verification
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Re: iOS 26 Will Let You Add Your U.S. Passport to Wallet for Identity Verification
#22Who uses their passport for domestic travel?
I use a Global Entry card or US Passport Card. I do not have a "REAL ID". Both my GE card and Passport Card don't have my address, which protects my identity from prying TSA eyes.
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#23Who uses their passport for domestic travel?
I've never used anything else other than my passport to travel domestically. Main reason being that when I first moved to the US, I was couch surfing and didn't have a permanent address. When I finally got my own apartment and went to get a state ID card, the experience at the DMV made me not want to return to get a real ID card, so I just use my passport and don't have to worry about whether it's in compliance or not.
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#24Earlier quoted context omitted.
"Could not come at a worse time politically." elaborate on that more
It'll be weaponized against you if you are not a loyalist or you rock the boat. https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/30/politics/chris-krebs-cbp-glob...
> It'll be weaponized against you if you are not a loyalist or you rock the boat.
Chris was a high-ranking official. I think if you aren't well-known in any of the spheres, then 47's shenanigans would not impact you.
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
It'll be weaponized against you if you are not a loyalist or you rock the boat. https://www.cnn.com/2025/04/30/politics/chris-krebs-cbp-glob...
> It'll be weaponized against you if you are not a loyalist or you rock the boat. Chris was a high-ranking official. I think if you aren't well-known in any of the spheres, then 47's shenanigans would not impact you.
They're ingesting and analyzing social media. Might you fly under the radar? Certainly. Could there be consequences if the spotlight hits you? Also true. Recourse? Good luck waiting for your case to work through the judicial system.
Re: iOS 26 Will Let You Add Your U.S. Passport to Wallet for Identity Verification
#26Who uses their passport for domestic travel?
Many US citizens overseas visiting the US do. And plenty of New Yorkers who moved to the city but never updated their license do as well.
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#27Let’s not normalise using your phone, containing all your secrets, as ID. And especially not interacting with it in front of unrestrained representatives of state authority. Just carry a bit of inert - as inert as possible - plastic instead
You don't have to share your phone, or its secrets, to use this. At the TSA checkpoint, there's a screen that says specifically what information they're asking for, you tap, and your phone shares that. You never lose physical control of your phone. No one even looks at the screen. It's basically tap-to-pay for authentication.
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#28Earlier quoted context omitted.
These days, you'll have to keep the plastic in some kind of metallic sleeve. The RFID chip in US Green Cards, and I imagine passport cards as well, is designed to be readable from across a room.
> I imagine passport cards as well As someone who has a passport card, I can confirm it definitely has an RFID chip in it. Ironically they come in a protective sleeve.
Did you ever try scanning it with one of those passport checker apps? I tried this morning after reading this thread and couldn’t get it to work
Re: iOS 26 Will Let You Add Your U.S. Passport to Wallet for Identity Verification
#29Who uses their passport for domestic travel?
> Who uses their passport for domestic travel?
You need it in countries with haphazard kidnappings - like the US.
Re: iOS 26 Will Let You Add Your U.S. Passport to Wallet for Identity Verification
#30and how many places will accept this...
This was a similar issue with android/apple pay at the beginning (at least in the states where card tapping was less common). I expect given enough time it will become more common to verify your age at bars/stores, get through airports, etc with just a phone/watch tap.