Who'd a thunk it?

[wee carrington 33]

Martin Reisch said on Tuesday a slightly annoyed US border officer let him cross into the United States from Quebec after he presented a scanned copy of his passport on his Apple iPad.

Mr Reisch was a half hour from the border when he decided to try to gain entry rather than turn back and make a two-hour trek back home to Montreal to fetch his passport.

He told the officer he was heading to the US to drop off Christmas gifts for his friend's kids. He said that true story, the scanned passport and his driver's licence helped him get through last week.

He said the officer seemed mildly annoyed when he handed him the iPad.

"I thought I'd at least give it a try," Mr Reisch said. "He took the iPad into the little border hut. He was in there a good five, six minutes. It seemed like an eternity. When he came back he took a good long pause before wishing me a Merry Christmas."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/8991138/Man-enters-US-without-passport-thanks-to-his-iPad.html

[TBoneTX 46,194]

Just try that when attempting POE from the other border and see what happens, ciao man.

[Kindly Waiting 2]

If only it were that easy at some other POE's.

[hikergirl 277]

Quebec is one province that has Enhanced Driver's Licenses that are acceptable at land border crossings and the article does mention that he had to show his driver's licence...

[wee carrington 33]

Quebec is one province that has Enhanced Driver's Licenses that are acceptable at land border crossings and the article does mention that he had to show his driver's licence...

Ahhhh you could be right... the article didn't mention if he had an enhanced license though. But then again, you don't need to show a passport at all if you have an enhanced license.

[photomile 101]

That's quite cool, although how long before our phones become an all in one ID system a long with everything else!?

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Thanks to Apple, it will be easier to enter the country illegally.

[Darnell 8,479]

That's quite cool, although how long before our phones become an all in one ID system a long with everything else!?

That was 3 years ago, in Japan. Give it another 6 years to arrive in the USA.

Cell Phones is Cool!! Get One, Today!.