Google Pushes Controversial Digital ID Tech in Chrome Browser

by Didi Rankovich | Reclaim The Net

The most widely used browser globally, Google’s Chrome, is gradually introducing one of the most controversial technologies in the world: digital ID.

Announced on the developer blog, the trial includes digital ID and credentials API and can be found on Chrome 128 (released last week for Android, and on Monday for the desktop).

The “origin trial” involves what Chrome developers say is a new web platform API (“Digital Credentials”). The goal is to let sites request verifiable information via digital credentials from a digital wallet (e.g., national ID card or driver’s license).

The post makes a note of the fact that apps like Google Wallet can be used for mobile driver’s licenses (mDLs) in a number of US states, California and Arizona among them. The article also mentions EU’s eIDAS 2.0 online verification efforts. Read Full Article >