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20 States Launch Mobile Driver’s Licenses, Spur Privacy Safeguard Laws

7/9/2026

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Twenty states and Puerto Rico now issue mobile driver’s licenses that more than 250 airports accept for domestic flights.
Privacy advocates warn that many digital-ID standards could enable government tracking of users.
New Jersey, Illinois and Utah have passed laws prohibiting “phone-home” tracking of digital IDs.
Ian Grossman says users can tap phones to share only age while keeping name and address private.

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Twenty states and Puerto Rico now issue mobile driver’s licenses that more than 250 airports accept for domestic flights.
Privacy advocates warn that many digital-ID standards could enable government tracking of users.
New Jersey, Illinois and Utah have passed laws prohibiting “phone-home” tracking of digital IDs.
Ian Grossman says users can tap phones to share only age while keeping name and address private.