Ian Grossman
Role at the time: AAMVA president and chief executive officer
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Response to this claim
Consumer choice will allow people to decide where to identify themselves with digital ID and where to remain anonymous.
“I think overall, the consumer will drive that demand and they will decide where they want to accept to be identified versus where they're gonna look for another alternative where they want to stay anonymous”
Open the original interview (opens in a new tab)PBS interviews Ian Grossman and Jay Stanley about mobile IDA potential boon for surveillance pricing; What's next?
PBS quotes Grossman on consumer choice and voluntary adoption, and Stanley on legal protections for alternatives. The article also describes AAMVA's prohibition on phone-home architecture.
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The subject is reliance on consumer choice as protection against digital ID becoming a practical requirement. Grossman argues that consumers will decide where to identify themselves and where to seek anonymous alternatives.