• Collected submissions on AU Digital Identity system Lockstep

• The international digital identity industry has moved comprehensively towards decentralised verifiable credentials and strong client-side authentication tools (especially through the FIDO Alliance; Australia needs to catch up with these standards.
• The Australian states are implementing digitised credentials at a rapid rate, refocusing from Who a citizen is, to What attributes and claims they need to prove online; DTA risks being left behind by these developments.
• More hurdles to clear as Digital Identity Bill enters [Australian] Parliament FST

Government should adopt a simple, existing standard for its digital ID system, such as the public-key infrastructure (PKI)-based system in use within many European countries. PKI offers a number of security and privacy benefits that the TDIF aims to have; however, as no central authority is involved in authentication, no entity can meaningfully track user activity.

• Your digital identity and credentials New South Wales

Help us make it easier for you to do things like open a bank account, buy a phone, start a new job, prove your age or enrol to study.

• On why revocation is important… Mike Prorock (Tuesday, 24 May)

  https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2022/05/digital-drivers-license-used-by-4m-australians-is-a-snap-to-forge/

Yikes!

For those that didn’t read the article, the TL;DR is:

Tough to forge digital driver’s license is… easy to forge… 4 million mobile driver’s licenses in NSW Australia compromised in an unrecoverable way.

• Lockstep TDIF DTA Submission 171020

• Lockstep Submission – AU Digital Identity Legislation (1.0)

• Lockstep Submission – AU Digital Identity Legislation Phase 2 210714

• Lockstep Submission – Trusted Digital Identity Legislation Phase 3 211027
• New Digital Identity Advisory Council established

The NSW Government has established a Digital Identity Ministerial Advisory Council (DIMAC), that will advise on a strategic direction and roadmap for digital identity in the State.