Australia votes in "voluntary" digital ID, Democratic Party sues...democracy, a very special video message, England's shitty water, TV comedy is so last season, and some Zappa
I too have written about this, albeit some years ago when the ID legislation was first released. And that reads like a train wreck I can tell you.
Anyway, what I was posting about was digital ID security in Australia and my personal experience.
Some years ago my all of my ID was stolen, along with many other people, and used in a massive tax fraud operation. I was not allowed to find out exactly what information the criminals had access to and, subsequently, what risk of any other fraud I was exposed to. I actually had to submit an FOI to find out what information had been stolen so I could assess what my actual risk exposure was to additional fraud. Seriously. I actually had a phone call with a woman from the australian government whom told me straight out, no, we can't tell you that information.
And this was an inside job. This wasn't hackers, this was actually an inside job and run by the ATO’s former deputy commissioner’s son, Adam Cranston.
So, it's difficult to imagine how bad this is going to get, particularly when you consider that in some Australian states, Land Titling, as in actual proof of property ownership, is now in the hands of a couple of private companies.
If you can imagine it, it's probably going to happen.
I'm sorry to hear that. I know many people who have suffered identity theft, and often struggled to be believed as themselves because someone else had some biometric element that 'the system' believed.
It's a worrying state of affairs. The UK also has a fully digitised Land Registry as well. Overall, the database state doesn't bode well for privacy or for data security.
RE: Australia Digital ID Security
I too have written about this, albeit some years ago when the ID legislation was first released. And that reads like a train wreck I can tell you.
Anyway, what I was posting about was digital ID security in Australia and my personal experience.
Some years ago my all of my ID was stolen, along with many other people, and used in a massive tax fraud operation. I was not allowed to find out exactly what information the criminals had access to and, subsequently, what risk of any other fraud I was exposed to. I actually had to submit an FOI to find out what information had been stolen so I could assess what my actual risk exposure was to additional fraud. Seriously. I actually had a phone call with a woman from the australian government whom told me straight out, no, we can't tell you that information.
And this was an inside job. This wasn't hackers, this was actually an inside job and run by the ATO’s former deputy commissioner’s son, Adam Cranston.
So, it's difficult to imagine how bad this is going to get, particularly when you consider that in some Australian states, Land Titling, as in actual proof of property ownership, is now in the hands of a couple of private companies.
If you can imagine it, it's probably going to happen.
I'm sorry to hear that. I know many people who have suffered identity theft, and often struggled to be believed as themselves because someone else had some biometric element that 'the system' believed.
It's a worrying state of affairs. The UK also has a fully digitised Land Registry as well. Overall, the database state doesn't bode well for privacy or for data security.
Thank you very much for reading and reaching out.