The Real Risk of Digital ID | The West Report

Hackers leaked the personal data of millions of Qantas customers onto the dark web, but the real story isn’t just about hacking. How the same weak privacy laws that failed to protect Qantas are now supporting the government’s new Digital ID system and impending under-16 social media ban

This episode of The West Report details what Australia’s Digital Identity actually is, how it works, and why concentrating identity verification in a single system can be risky for both privacy and freedom. We also look at Big Tech’s role in all of this, from Google’s data collection empire to governments passing responsibility for online security to the same companies that profit from our personal information.

If Qantas, Optus and Medibank can’t keep your data safe, why should we trust the government or tech giants to do better?

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