A smartphone app that drivers in Iowa will be able to use as an official driver’s license could lead to privacy abuses by law enforcement.

In 2015, the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) plans to become the first to offer the apps to drivers for free, according to published reports.

“The way things are going, we may be the first in the nation,” Iowa DOT Director Paul Trombino was quoted as saying in a report published in The Des Moines Register.

Iowa police will accept the driver’s license app during traffic stops and by airport security officers screening travelers, Trombino said.

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