decentralized-id.github.io/identosphere-dump/public_sector/australia.md
2022-12-24 00:35:23 -05:00

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  • The international digital identity industry has moved comprehensively towards decentralised verifiable credentials and strong client-side authentication tools (especially through the FIDO Alliance; Australia needs to catch up with these standards.
  • The Australian states are implementing digitised credentials at a rapid rate, refocusing from Who a citizen is, to What attributes and claims they need to prove online; DTA risks being left behind by these developments.

Government should adopt a simple, existing standard for its digital ID system, such as the public-key infrastructure (PKI)-based system in use within many European countries. PKI offers a number of security and privacy benefits that the TDIF aims to have; however, as no central authority is involved in authentication, no entity can meaningfully track user activity.

Help us make it easier for you to do things like open a bank account, buy a phone, start a new job, prove your age or enrol to study.

Yikes!

For those that didn't read the article, the TL;DR is:

Tough to forge digital drivers license is… easy to forge... 4 million mobile driver's licenses in NSW Australia compromised in an unrecoverable way.

The NSW Government has established a Digital Identity Ministerial Advisory Council (DIMAC), that will advise on a strategic direction and roadmap for digital identity in the State.