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Louisiana Adopts Digital Driver's Licenses - IEEE Spectrum

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"A young woman sits at a bar on Bourbon Street in New Orleans and orders a beer. The bartender asks for identification. The bar patron pulls out her phone, clicks on an app, and displays a digital version of her driver’s license showing she is over 21. In response, the bartender pulls out her own phone, clicks on the same app, uses it to scan the woman’s digital license, and verifies that her information is legit."

From "Louisiana Adopts Digital Driver's Licenses - IEEE Spectrum".

I was beyond excited to discover than Louisiana is implementing a version of the “psychic ID” that I set out back in 2005!

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