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Australian Taxation Office is looking to introduce an online facial verification tool and it has some experts worried

Sarah Basford Canales
Updated November 12 2020 - 9:41am, first published 4:00am
The Australian Taxation Office is planning a new selfie verification tool but experts aren't convinced it's secure. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos
The Australian Taxation Office is planning a new selfie verification tool but experts aren't convinced it's secure. Picture: Dion Georgopoulos

The Australian Taxation Office is shopping around for tech companies to build a new online facial recognition tool that will help detect a person's identity by matching their live selfie to a database of passports and drivers licences.

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Sarah Basford Canales

Sarah Basford Canales

Politics and public sector reporter

I'm a federal politics and public sector reporter with an interest in national security, integrity and regulation. Contact me with general tips and thoughts at sarah.basfordcanales@canberratimes.com.au or confidential tips to sbasfordcanales@protonmail.com.

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