Academics lay out principles for rollout of NSW digital ID, face biometrics

A new report from Australian researchers proposes guardrails for New South Wales’ digital ID system and notes the need to build public trust when using biometric facial verification tools and liveness detection.

The report is written by Professor Edward Santow, Sophie Farthing and Lauren Perry of the Human Technology Institute (HTI) at University of Technology Sydney (UTS), and backed by the James Martin Institute for Public Policy. In a release, Santow says that the NSW government’s digital ID initiative, …

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