One-to-many face matching may be one risk too many for Australians considering digital ID

The Digital Transformation Agency (DTA) is warning that laws allowing authorities to use one-to-many face biometric matching techniques, even in extremely limited circumstances, could put a chill on digital ID adoption in Australia.

An article on InnvationAus.com quotes the DTA as saying that the allowance is a “significant change and will have a detrimental impact on the uptake of matching services by the community if it is perceived as lowering confidence”.

“Any negative impacts relating to the 1:many matching is …

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