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Hard pass
I heard Luigi shot the paper passport as a warmup.
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I’ll add this to the list of things that were working just fine that we’re about to break along with using a passport to board a plane.
There is no way EU will go along with this passport alternative, no matter how much google and apple lobby them
Germany will be thst last country to allow such level of digitalization.
I have 3 passports, how does it know which one I want to use?
The “solution” to this will be that you’ll only be allowed to have one at a time. Choose and choose wisely. Changing will mean a huge amount of paperwork each and every time.
Inconvenient? Tough. Unless you’re rich.
There’ll be a tier of “known persons” who will be allowed travel without needing a passport, a bit like how it already works for the British monarch (and probably others I don’t know for sure about).
Literally shoot me if this becomes a reality. I don’t want my ability to travel to be dependent on something with a steadily dying battery.
Not just a dying battery, but a fragile screen, malware, and a tendency to get stolen.
Globally, this is becoming a thing. Many states have digital IDs already.
Realistically, both paper with a chip or QR code should be valid for a while.
If anything, I wish they made passports into the size of a regular ID so it fits in a wallet/cardholder and you don’t have to worry about it getting folded or wet. Make visas and stamps digital so a chip scan of the card provides all the info, instead of eye/face recognition/tracking.
That would be great, sure- but all I really want is boarding passes to be the same size as the passport. They go together, so why don’t they make them so they actually go together?
Angrily tries again to read seat number, obscured by the rumpled creases from the bit that sticks out from the passport getting folded in a pocket
You can get a US passport card. It only works for Canada Mexico and some Caribbean islands though. The tech is already there.
Yeah. The fact that our my country’s primary ID document is an easily-damageable paper booklet is very annoying, especially given the fact that in 99% of cases, only one page - the laminated one with the name and photo - is needed! That page could easily be a plastic card.
In my passport that page is basically a plastic card, same as my ID card, just a bigger format
I only recently learned that English word for “Passport” refers to the document needed for travelling - and yeah, ours also have a plastic card like this. But weirdly, the actual internal ID which is used a lot more just has a laminated paper page in this place.
Before they made the ID a plastic card we also used to have a laminated piece of paper as ID. I agree, it’s not very convenient!
Passports have already been like that for a few decades (minus the card part. Some countries still need the paper parts)
They do in the US if you live in a border state, but it’s only valid for Mexico/Canada. Think the idea is having space for physical visa stamps, but I don’t see why they’d prefer that to a digital visa tied to something unique in the passport.
The passport card is good for boats and driving, not for flying.
Right, which is likely why they’re only offered in border states.
Nope - they’re available nationally
If you are in America, you can get a passport card!
The card is for U.S. citizens who travel by land and sea from Canada, Mexico, Bermuda, and some Caribbean countries.
The link also mentions you can use it in place of other id cards in domestic flights, but I’ve heard some TSA agents don’t believe it exists.
Certainly not as useful as a full blown passport, but it is a thing. I am hoping it gets more usage over time.
I think the problem with a digital passport is that while that’s fine in very developed countries, you’ll alwadys need a physical human readible stamp to show authorities when they don’t have a digital reader.
