Thanks Liam, and Andrew my point here is that how often you use it is also affected by where you live, and whether the driver’s license is the primary form of ID vs availability of another form of national ID. Context is very important. I’d be keen to see what sort of analysis the ISO mDL group did on usage as that seems critical for the spec development process. Kim Hamilton Duffy Executive Director Decentralized <https://identity.foundation/>Identity <https://identity.foundation/> Foundation (DIF) <https://identity.foundation/> Email: kim@identity ..foundation On Thu, Jun 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM Liam R. E. Quin <liam@fromoldbooks.org> wrote: > On Thu, 2025-06-26 at 18:09 -0700, Andrew Hughes wrote: > > Anyone want to chime in on how many times they ACTUALLY had to show ID > (other than for border crossing or boarding a plane) in June? For me it was > 2 times. Checking into a hotel in Amsterdam and once to do an in person > bank transaction with my business bank account. > I am actually curious, not trolling. > > > Fair question. > > For me it's not many owing to having been housebound for most of the month > (and in Europe the rest). > > In May it was more, although at 62 i’m never asked for proof of age :-) > E.g. showed driving licence (they did NOT scan it of course) at pharmacy, > maybe a total of a dozen times, but i live in the country and don't go out > in the evenings and am not normally asked for age checks :) The bank uses > the client card here, you enter your PIN at the counter, so i'm not > counting that one. Used driving licence at railway station when changing a > ticket, though. > > For someone in early twenties living in a city and active it might be > several times a day, or just a few times a month, depending on what they > do. E.g. when my younger brother visited me in Toronto there was an age > check (carding) at every restaurant and bar as he looked (and was) under 25 > - he was 21. And he went out every night. Probably got carded at lunch too > sometimes, or when buying cigarettes at a convenience store, and so on. So > easily over 100 times in a month. > > -- > > Liam Quin, https://www.delightfulcomputing.com/ > Available for XML/Document/Information Architecture/XSLT/ > XSL/XQuery/Web/Text Processing/A11Y training, work & consulting. > Barefoot Web-slave, antique illustrations: http://www.fromoldbooks.org >
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