Submitted 8 months ago by sqgl@beehaw.org to australianpolitics@aussie.zone
Are Greens appeasing Labor in a secret deal? This support is out of character with their stance on privacy.
For instance, Greens were the only ones to push against the “Identify and Disrupt Bill” (which newspapers ignored in favour of “Freedom” March dramas).
FFS we are relying on Liberals to oppose this. youtu.be/_3eLYLyQf3Q?si=JrBqwaBn4hrlXNIW
Reminds me of how Liberals opposed the Australia Card proposed by Labor in the 80’s.
But this time Libs don’t have the numbers. Time to lobby the Greens.
Ahh. Proof of age.
Gonna have to use your digital ID to verify your age to access a pr0n site.
Lol
I’m ok with this if used responsibly. I use a digital app to verify my ID and approve transactions in Singapore instead of having to use some points of ID and don’t have to wait days for verification.
theroff@aussie.zone 8 months ago
My concern is that it requires a Google or Apple account to use the myGovID app and the app itself is proprietary:
…gov.au/create-or-manage-your-digital-id
Compare this to the Belgium eID which is open source software and available on Linux and various platforms:
…europa.eu/…/middleware-eid-belgium-open-sourced
WaterWaiver@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Does it work without Google play services?
If not… I’m rather disgusted with the idea of being a serfdom of Google and Apple. Literally can’t access your own government ID without their permission and blessing. I lost access to my Microsoft account recently and they demanded I provide them with personal contact info.
yistdaj@pawb.social 8 months ago
Since I use Ubuntu Touch, I’m a bit frustrated with the state of government apps only supporting Android and IOS. Recently managed to finally run Android apps on it, but they still don’t all work perfectly. I understand that it’s not something most people know about let alone use, but I fear that if any government app becomes essential that we lock in the existing duopoly, at least in Australia. At least if it was open source it could perhaps be ported over.
unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 8 months ago
Yeah I thought we were a democracy. How come only a few people get to know how a government services app works