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I rented a car, and within hours, my driver's license was for sale (arstechnica.com)
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[โ€“] nanometer1625@thelemmy.club 10 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (1 children)

This is yet another reason why virtual ID cards are superior: In the event that the card data is compromised, the old virtual ID can be revoked and a new virtual ID can be issued. Virtual ID cards can also have a much shorter duration, because the cost of rotating it is minimal. For example, California's virtual driver licenses rotate each 30 days.

[โ€“] Funkt4st1c@lemmy.world 1 points 10 hours ago

We honestly should be using virtual vouchers for everything. The question then becomes "whats one level up from the voucher i can steal" and we're very frustratingly (for my mental exercise) back at square 1