{"id":1846,"date":"2023-03-09T10:33:07","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T15:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1846"},"modified":"2023-03-09T10:33:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T15:33:07","slug":"new-south-wales-australia-set-to-launch-all-in-one-digital-id-to-fully-replace-physical-documents-and-requires-facial-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1846","title":{"rendered":"NEW SOUTH WALES AUSTRALIA SET TO LAUNCH ALL-IN-ONE DIGITAL ID TO FULLY REPLACE PHYSICAL DOCUMENTS AND REQUIRES FACIAL RECOGNITION"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-25.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-1847\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"860\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-25.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1847\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-25.png 860w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-25-300x98.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-25-770x251.png 770w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-25-293x95.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-25-390x127.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is unquestionability the Holy Grail,\u201d said the NSW digital minister Victor Dominello.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New South Wales (NSW) Australia is set to rollout their new digital identity that would completely replace basically all physical licenses and documents, and instead keep them all stored in a secure government app on citizen\u2019s smartphones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Outgoing NSW digital minister&nbsp;Victor Dominello debuted the final product and its many benefits last week at a press conference, calling the province\u2019s forthcoming decentralized digital identity system as a lever for \u201chuge micro-economic reform.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reported by&nbsp;<em><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.innovationaus.com\/dominellos-swan-song-digital-id-our-holy-grail\/\" target=\"_blank\">InnovationAus.com,<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;<\/em>Dominello says that Australia must grow a \u201cdigital spine\u201d after utilizing drivers licenses, medical insurance cards and birth certificates as \u201cde facto\u201d IDs, adding that tangible and paper documentation are no longer \u201cfit for purpose in the data age.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>What Australia needs is basically to grow a backbone \u2013 and that\u2019s a digital spine, and that digital spine isn\u2019t a typical\u2026 spine. It looks more like a double helix because Australia\u2019s a federationDominello said, who also explained that these new secure IDs were needed after large data breaches last year was the signal for change, he expressed<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>This metaphorical double helix he speaks of consists of \u201ctwo siderails\u201d: \u2018the federal government\u2019s myGov and a separate platform operated by each state and territory \u2013 in the case of New South Wales, the NSW Digital ID,\u2019 the outlet explained. The \u201crungs\u201d between the siderails would be things like driver\u2019s licenses, passports, veteran\u2019s cards, etc., explaining the impact of affinity between digital ministers last week to&nbsp;widen the national identity system to include credentials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>That rung is dovetailed into the siderail. Its all-in-one app. You don\u2019t have to muck around going from one app to another and navigating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I downloaded the My Health Record [app]. Great app, very silky smooth\u2026 but to get there you had to change windows and muck around with passwords. So it\u2019s just not a great setup experience,He added, praising the speed and seamlessness of this digital ID versus other digital passports in Australia<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Dominello also said that this app is \u201cworld leading\u201d and is ahead of what many other nations are working to achieve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>This is not 10 years away, this is here. We\u2019ve got 100 people on [one] pilot. We have built trust architecture, privacy, security, ethics, transparency\u2026 and we\u2019ll continue to build that out. This has to be trusted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By this time next year, we will start seeing a whole lot of this start radiating out\u2026 into industry. This is unquestionability the Holy Grail. This will take the hard edge off cyber\u2026 It also makes sure that when it comes to service delivery that the customer is truly in control.He said<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, He also stated that \u2018while digital identity is initially a G2C [government to consumer] play, it is \u201chuge micro-economic reform\u201d that will quickly become a \u201cG2B [government to business] play, a B2B [business to business] play, a B2C [business to consumer] play.\u201d\u2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The official NSW&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsw.gov.au\/nsw-government\/projects-and-initiatives\/benefits\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">website&nbsp;<\/a><\/strong>adds:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>You will no longer have the inconvenience of sharing scans and copies of your physical documents and cards when proving your identity. While NSW Digital ID won\u2019t replace the paper versions of your credentials, it will give you an option to digitally share confirmation of who you are.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NSW Digital ID will be simple enough for anyone to use. It will provide greater accessibility, particularly for customers with disability, those that are time poor, or live in rural or regional areas. This will put all our customers in control of their digital identity and credentials.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/dontspeaknews.com\/2023\/03\/08\/new-south-wales-australia-set-to-launch-all-in-one-digital-id-to-fully-replace-physical-documents-and-requires-facial-recognition\/\">https:\/\/dontspeaknews.com\/2023\/03\/08\/new-south-wales-australia-set-to-launch-all-in-one-digital-id-to-fully-replace-physical-documents-and-requires-facial-recognition\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cThis is unquestionability the Holy Grail,\u201d said the NSW digital minister Victor Dominello. New South Wales (NSW) Australia is set to rollout their new digital identity that would completely replace basically all physical licenses and documents, and instead keep them all stored in a secure government app on citizen\u2019s smartphones. Outgoing NSW digital minister&nbsp;Victor Dominello debuted the final product and its many benefits last week at a press conference, calling the province\u2019s forthcoming decentralized digital identity system as a lever [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-individual-liberty"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1846","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1846"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1846\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1848,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1846\/revisions\/1848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1846"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1846"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1846"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}