Re: Digital Identity
Since I wrote my initial post I downloaded the app and now have my Digital ID. It was surprisingly easy.
First I had to give a personal email address which I did and received an email with a confirmation number to enter into the app before I could proceed.
It then asked me to scan my driving licence with my phone and it read all the details it needed from that. As my second proof of ID I used my Medicare card again the app scanned it and got all the details it needed. It then confirmed and approved my ID - it took about a minute so I presume it actually did some checking.
Then I logged into my personal MyGov account and registered my DigitalID it sent a number to enter into the app on my phone and the website and the app confirmed they were connected.
My phone now holds my driving licence, my regos for car and camper, information about my pension, my medical records.
To be honest I am not 100% sure what this DigitalID will mean for me or how I will use it but my wallet has to carry less cards.
Security doesn't seem to be a problem, when you log into the government sites they send you a text with a confirmation number before you can gain entry (same as the banks).
For a number of years I certainly wouldn't go anywhere without my phone, it is even more imperative as time goes on, I think I will insist upon it being buried with me.
BTW my kids don't carry credit or debit cards they just use their phone for such transactions using the NFC built into their phone
Baz46,
I am glad you found my blog thing interesting, I used to keep journals of my travels but this is much better and my kids do actually read it too. (or so they say) I try to write it up each day even if I don't post it straight away.
Sometimes strangers email me especially from Europe saying they read some of it, a recent one said something along the lines of, "You have a very different lifestyle down under from the way we live here. I am not sure I could cope with being so far from help while I was on holiday" So I wonder if I give the wrong impression because even on the loneliest track it is rare to see nobody at all - it does happen but not that often.