[sparcpile]

I use a PIV Badge as a FAA contractor. We're told to never use the PIV badge as a means of identification anywhere. The documentation doubles down by mentioning to never use it as an ID at an airport. I've been told it is because FAA employees would use it and the airline workers would then freak out that the employee was there to inspect them.

[saghm]

> We're told to never use the PIV badge as a means of identification anywhere

I must be misunderstanding what you mean by this, because I'm struggling to fathom what possible use a "personal identity verification badge" could possibly have _other_ than as a means of identifying yourself.

[plasma_beam]

I’m a contractor for DHS and heard a rumor a long time ago that you could get special treatment with TSA agents when using your DHS badge as identification. Yeah no. Doesn’t work :) Southwest did give me a free drink one time though and thanked me for my service - they saw the laptop and piv plugged in while I was working on the plane and thought I was military. I did correct them but also took the free drink.

[aimonster2]

You don't use your PIV anywhere because you don't want your creds--certs, etc--to be swiped. You use it for facility access and PKI.

[lxgr]

Isn’t there a PIN to protect these? Also, I’m assuming GP meant “not visually displaying as ID”, not “trying to swipe the PIV at a random computer”?