[Velvet]

And all that just so that you can take out your phone instead of your ID card which I have on a convenient lanyard. Wearing it, on formal occasions with a 14k gold rope (card tucked inside my top). And I do not even need a purse since the plastic carrying my id card can also carry a credit card. Convenient when dancing etc. Hey, if there is a will there is a way…

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[asianthree]

Originally Posted by Velvet

Will the police accept a scannable photo of your drivers’ license? Are they technologically backwards too? Just asking. It would make it easier on those of us who live with our phones and smart watches like I do - but it would make it easier to falsify as well. And that idea I don’t like.

Most will accept a proof of insurance, a carry permit, from your phone. So far DL on phone hasn’t worked for ID, but maybe it was the state law. Or at least not in Ohio.

[asianthree]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

Some people think that, if they just take a photo of their ID card and put it on their phone, it is as secure as the physical card. WRONG! You can photoshop and substitute any person's photo for the actual resident's photo, and The Villages employee has no way to verify that the person holding the phone is the actual resident.

True two of my grandsons are coders, with web design. Give them an ID and in minutes you can be holding an exact replica of our TV ID with a picture of our cat. Part of their job is to issue code cards for some companies. It’s a five minute scan and change process.

[VAtoFLA]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

Some people think that, if they just take a photo of their ID card and put it on their phone, it is as secure as the physical card. WRONG! You can photoshop and substitute any person's photo for the actual resident's photo, and The Villages employee has no way to verify that the person holding the phone is the actual resident.

I'm not advocating for pictures of cards, but a photoshop picture won't do anyone any good. You would have to hack the ID system and change what is in their files. When they scan the code on the card, a picture of the card appears on their screen and they can check that against what is being presented. The physical cards can be counterfeited as well so that verification piece is the control.

[Rocksnap]

Keep it simple. Use the ID & gate cards.

[srswans]

Originally Posted by rhood

I can use my phone’s and watch’s capabilities to enter Costco, Sam’s, pay for merchandise at stores and restaurants, etc
There is no reason a similar secure system couldn’t be used to access amenities, gates, pools, rec centers, etc.
...

Yeah, I hear you but TV is so far behind the technology curve this will never happen.

For example, I tried to signup for the Eastport tour using the link in an email that the developer sent me. Didn’t work. I called them and was told that that link only worked from a computer, not a phone. smh.

On the other hand, Georgia, iirc, just passed a law to implement digital drivers licenses. The police officers will be carrying the matching readers sometime in 2027. Progress!

[bowlingal]

rhood....are you going to pay for my new iphone and watch?

[nn0wheremann]

Originally Posted by rhood

I can use my phone’s and watch’s capabilities to enter Costco, Sam’s, pay for merchandise at stores and restaurants, etc
There is no reason a similar secure system couldn’t be used to access amenities, gates, pools, rec centers, etc.
I am against anything that would require me to carry another card or device to use facilities.
Florida drivers license will soon be digital.
The less I have to carry, the better. It all could be done digitally.

If you get carded, give them your golf number, they enter it into the card reader and an image of your card is displayed with your picture.

[BubblesandPat]

Officials in The Villages have set a date to discuss “controlled access” for some amenities here in Florida’s Friendliest Hometown.

Residents’ cries about “outsiders” invading pools and pickleball courts have grown louder in recent years.

The Amenity Authority Committee and the Project Wide Advisory Committee have scheduled a rare joint workshop on the topic at 8:30 a.m. Monday, Sept. 22 at Savannah Center.

“Joint workshops are exceedingly rare, because only 2-3 have ever been held in The Villages’ history,” noted AAC member and Community Development District 4 Supervisor Don Deakin, one of the longest-serving elected officials in The Villages.

[Mrmean58]

Originally Posted by shut the front door

They have been for decades. It's really sad how they can spend so much on unnecessary fluff to sell houses, but their IT dept is severely lacking. But they didn't get rich by making things easier for people who already bought!

The IT dept has some very good individuals working in it and they are extremely frustrated by the lack of funding and foresight by those that must approve for improvements/upgrades. If always said the Villages has the finest Fisher Price computer system money could buy.......... 40 years ago.

[RoseyRed]

Adding new technology is very expensive and would cause monthly fees to increase! I pass as well!

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

I pass, don’t want to pay for all the equipment………

[Indydealmaker]

Originally Posted by shut the front door

They have been for decades. It's really sad how they can spend so much on unnecessary fluff to sell houses, but their IT dept is severely lacking. But they didn't get rich by making things easier for people who already bought!

You bought a house. Everything else should come with an accompanying cost. New technology costs more. Companies invest in revenue increasing technologies. Pony up the dough I am sure The Villages would be happy to update.

[ByebyeMichigan]

The family should pay for it to upgrade things , with the $12M/month they bring in with amenity fees…..

[ByebyeMichigan]

Actually , it is …….