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mDL (mobile driver’s license)

Mobile driver’s licenses, alternatively referred to as digital driver’s licenses and known by the short forms mDL and DDL, are increasingly popular credentials for driving privileges and identity verification. Issued by a department of motor vehicles or similar government authority and stored in a digital wallet on a smartphone, these credentials are being adopted or considered as digital IDs for a wide range of applications including age verification.

 

American mDL uptake suggests digital ID mass adoption caught in the slow lane

Mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) are coming online as the first wave of government-issued digital IDs in the United States. The…

 

ISO’s mDL standard can’t guarantee issuer trustworthiness

The fear that the server retrieval capability supported by the ISO/IEC 18013 standard for mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) could be…

 

With SB 260, Utah looks to change the rules around who defines identity

A new bill in Utah provides a good illustration of how “identity” is still an evolving concept. State Bill 260:…

 

Support for W3C Digital Credentials API, digital identity passports part of iOS 26

Of the news coming out of Apple’s WWDC25, some of the most significant for the digital identity industry involves Apple’s…

 

Trump directive rewrites cybersecurity policy, strips digital ID framework

In a sweeping redirection of U.S. cybersecurity strategy, President Donald Trump has signed a new Executive Order (EO) that is…

 

TokenWorks launches AgeVisor 3 scanner with mobile driver’s license support

A new biometric scanner from TokenWorks is ready to hit the clubs – for on-site age assurance. A release says…

 

mDL, digital wallet spec interoperability demonstrated at OpenID event

The OpenID Foundation has announced the results on an interoperability demonstration held in May with various digital identity credentials, like…

 

‘mDL don’t phone home’: digital ID experts sound alarm over privacy capability

Influential digital identity professionals and privacy groups are warning that mobile driver’s licenses can comply with the international standard and…

 

Finding the use case that makes everyone want a digital wallet: Samsung Wallet

Rob White, head of identity services at Samsung Wallet, addressed the company’s ongoing quest to accelerate adoption of mobile driver’s…

 

Harmonized digital driving license in EU approved as part of driving reform package

The EU is getting closer to a harmonized mobile driver’s license (mDL) with the approval of a provisional deal on…

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