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Google to use digital driver’s licenses to verify the age of website users


VERIFICATION: The Digital Credentials API will use digital IDs to verify website users A new Digital Credentials API that will allow visitors to a website

If any are found, the mobile operating system prompts the user to select one and sends the request to the user-selected wallet. In the future, we plan on supporting Chrome desktop to request credentials cross-device from another mobile device. “At launch, Google Wallet will integrate with the Digital Credentials API, enabling select businesses and organizations to initiate a request for users to present their ID online, via Chrome on Android, and verify the authenticity of the transmitted data by examining the cryptographic signature.”

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