Anyone who travels a lot knows the moment.You reach the TSA line, your bag slides off your shoulder, your boarding pass is somewhere on your phone and your passport somehow sinks to the bottom of your carry-on.
Samsung wants to make that routine less annoying.The company has partnered with CLEAR to launch Samsung ID with CLEAR, a free digital ID inside Samsung Wallet.It uses information from a U.S.
passport and lets eligible Galaxy users verify their identity at more than 250 TSA checkpoints that support digital IDs.That sounds incredibly convenient.Still, this new feature also raises a bigger question.
How much of your identity should live inside one app on your phone?If you use an iPhone, we break down Apple’s version here.GOOGLE CHROME AUTOFILL NOW HANDLES IDSSamsung partnered with CLEAR to bring digital passport verification to Galaxy phones through Samsung Wallet.(Samsung)Samsung ID with CLEAR is a mobile digital ID stored in Samsung Wallet.
It is backed by information from your U.S.passport and verified by CLEAR.Once approved, you can use it at supported TSA checkpoints by presenting your phone instead of digging out your physical ID.
Samsung says travelers can present the ID with a tap or QR scan.That could make a real difference when you are juggling a carry-on, laptop bag, coffee and impatient travelers behind you.Woncheol Chai, EVP and Head of Digital Wallet Team, Mobile eXperience Business at Samsung Electronics, said the feature is designed to make airport travel and identity verification "easier and frictionless" for users.However, this feature does not mean you should leave your passport or REAL ID-compliant document at home.Keep a physical ID with you in case TSA needs it or a checkpoint does not support digital ID verification.Right now, Samsung ID with CLEAR has a few important limits.
Samsung says the feature is available to U.S.passport holders and works only at select TSA checkpoints that support digital ID verification.Samsung Wallet it...