Setting up a mobile driver license requires a physical driver license or ID card and compares a user’s data and selfie image 1:1 to their official driver record at the DMV, building on that powerful in-person identity vetting process and increasing trust in the digital credential as an authoritative root identity record.
Mobile ID is securely stored on a user’s device only, and not in a central database, which drastically reduces the likelihood of a cyberattack.
Additionally, the Mobile ID is locked behind the mobile phone’s unique PIN, Touch ID or face ID, so that if the device is lost or stolen, the ID is locked – unlike when a wallet is lost, and the full DL information can readily be viewed.