US: Iowa, Morpho Trust, and prototype digital ID's

Iowa DOT Using Digital ID’s (WHOtv)

Iowa Department of Transportation Director Paul Trombino says Iowa is the first state to offer a prototype for digital licenses currently being used by Iowa DOT employees. The new licenses which will only be optional and not mandatory are fitted with even more secure technology than the card version.

Trombino explained, "I use a fingerprint to open up my phone that can help authorize that. You may have to make a facial movement so it`s not just looking at a picture in order to open up the biometric perspective, so only you can open that up." If that isn't secure enough, "The picture physically moves, so it`s not a static picture like your regular driver`s license," said Trombino.

Iowa Guardsmen Capture Taliban Financier Using Biomtrics

Local Guardsmen capture of Taliban financier detailed (SouthwestIowaNews.com)

Spc. Dan Goeser, of Manilla, and Staff Sgt. Timothy Beery, of Denison, were involved in the capture of an individual who was financing local Taliban members.

Team Diesel knew the financier was coming into their area and had a license plate number for the individual’s vehicle. Beery was the truck commander of the first truck and Goeser was the gunner. They blocked the financier’s vehicle from the rear and a second truck blocked it from the front before the rest of the convoy arrived.

The financier didn’t admit to his identity, Beery stated. A biometric device was used identify the individual by scanning his fingerprints and eyes.

Berry said the financier was turned over to LTC Stephen Boesen II, the battalion commander, and in turn was turned over to the Afghan National Army.