Samsung Throws Its Support Behind Digital ID
Samsung has partnered with CLEAR to launch Samsung ID, a digital passport feature in Samsung Wallet. This service allows US travelers to verify their identity at TSA checkpoints using their phones. While marketed for convenience, concerns about privacy and data retention have been raised regarding the biometric information collected by CLEAR.
- ▪Samsung ID with CLEAR enables identity verification at over 250 TSA checkpoints.
- ▪Users must scan their passport and complete a face verification step to set up the digital ID.
- ▪CLEAR claims it does not sell biometric or sensitive personal data, but retains it on its systems.
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| Original publisher | Reclaim The Net |
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| Publication time | Sat, 30 May 2026 12:48:29 +0000 |
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Samsung wants your passport living inside your phone and it has handed the keys to a private company called CLEAR. The announcement landed on May 26. Samsung Electronics America and CLEAR are launching Samsung ID with CLEAR, a digital passport that sits in Samsung Wallet and lets US travelers verify their identity at more than 250 TSA checkpoints by tapping their phone or scanning a QR code. Samsung and CLEAR are providing a “safe, secure, and free mobile digital ID designed to simplify users’ busy lives,” the company says. The selling point is convenience. What you actually exchange for it is your face, your passport data and a permanent place in a corporate identity network most people have never read the terms of. Setting it up reveals the shape of the bargain.
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