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Is article mixing things or am I missing something?
You don't need to hand over your phone to present a digital ID. At least in my country the digital ID just creates a qr that the cop can scan to verify. There is no reason to hand over anything on the whole process.
Brazil? I do miss being able to leave home bringing only my phone because my ID and cards are all there
I'm also from Brazil. I chose to refuse any digital IDs: for example, my CNH (for non-brazilians: it's our driver's license) is physical and I used a dumbphone (Multilaser Zapp) to justify to the bureau that I can't have apps for digital IDs (I kinda could within my other device, a smartphone, but I lied having only Multilaser as device). They can't force people to have digital IDs, yet. Not everyone has a smartphone, it's common in Brazil for a house/family/community to have multiple people using one single smartphone, digital IDs won't be usable for this situation. It's not my situation, I avoid to take my smartphone outside of home due to security concerns, so I take a dumbphone instead.
Digital IDs have multiple problems. What if the smartphone breaks? What if the smartphone has no battery when one needs to show one's IDs? These were the factors that motivated me to refuse any digital IDs.
Does your phone need to be unlocked to show that qr code?
Of course. But if a police officer were to remove your phone by force, first it would be illegal without a warrant so it would almost made you a favour as all evidence in your phone would be invalid in court.
Then if they just want to remove by force, with or without warrant, they can just take it from your pocket. Even locked if they want the info in your phone they are probably getting it. They would have access to some of the best forensics teams and equipment.
Following the same logic, should we never have an unlocked phone near a police officer? I don't know about that.
And if you are just that paranoid I would probably be easy to just have a second profile on your phone just for the ID. And you are the same as if having the phone locked as password is needed for changing profiles.
I think some of the concern is when cops will use force illegally and then lie about it, so they wouldn't necessarily have access to forensics.
Like taking your phone and go through your WhatsApp messages?
If that's a concern you could set up a password to access any sensible app or chat within that app.
I think that is a more sensible approach. As if you are targeted by any reason an undercover cop could get a hold on your unlocked phone by many different ways.