Your iPhone could eventually replace your driver’s license, passport, and more, as evidenced by a newly granted Apple patent (number 20200213295) for “providing verified claims of user identity.”
The idea is for the smartphone to provide verified user identity claims, including providing a verified user identity claim that may be used by a user to confirm their identity. Apple is also considering allowing you to use the iPhone to apply for things such as driver’s license and passports.
Here’s the summary of the invention: “A device implementing a system for using a verified claim of identity includes at least one processor configured to receive a first request to revoke a verified claim, the verified claim comprising information to identify a user of a device, wherein the verified claim includes a hardware reference key of the device, and wherein the hardware reference key is a public key of a public-private key pair, a corresponding private key of which is securely stored on the device. The at least one processor may be further configured to in response to receiving the request, send, to the device, a second request to revoke the verified claim on the device, and add the verified claim to a revocation list.”
