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Comment by eblume | Hacker News Reader

I'm afraid it's staring right at you, in the name of the app: "Wallet". They want to replace your wallet. It's not enough for them to be in every person's pocket; they need the rest of the pockets to be empty, as well.

I'm being hyperbolic, but I worry _not by much_.

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And there are certainly people here who would like to get away from (and some who have) from carrying plastic and paper with them in any form. I don't personally agree in the reasonably near term but that's one perspective.

I think I agree with your comment the most, even though other comments did provide useful information.

I still think too many people suffer from the "Google, Apple, etc" want to do this because they are altruistic.

The only digital ID, wallet, etc I would want to use would be open source and non proprietary. Someone more intelligent than I could describe it more technically but I'm talking about a digital wallet that's the equivalent of SMS or ethernet. Like a technical standard, not a corporate product.

Per Apple's docs[0],

> Transmission of identity data to the identity reader follows the ISO/IEC 18013-5 standard, which provides for multiple security mechanisms available that are able to detect, deter and mitigate security risks. These consist of identity data integrity and antiforgery, device binding, informed consent, and user data confidentiality over radio links.

Wish granted.

[0]https://support.apple.com/guide/security/ids-in-apple-wallet...

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