The Government Keeps On Thinking Up Ways To Track and Monitor You. Why Is That?

This appeared last week:Big Brother given new access to Australians' personal dataBy Fergus Hanson11:00PM October 22, 2018Many of us are unaware a transformational digital initiative is about to involve every Australian: digital identity. Many are probably equally unaware of the problems with the approach, including the risk of a Western version of China ’s social credit system that can effectively rank individuals and shape behaviour. The new digital identity, known as GovPass, is the latest attempt to roll out a national identity scheme. Its forebears, the Hawke government’s Australia Card and the Howard government’s Access Card, fell over i n the face of community backlash. GovPass, which is enabled by a new database of biometric ­templates that has been ­established for every Australian, makes them seem quaint.In principle, a digital identity is not a bad idea. It is an essential microeconomic reform for a 21st century economy that has the ­potential to deliver significant... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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