Digital ID Legalised: Smokescreen or Trojan Horse?

No more whipping out your wallet when you're ID'd - New Zealand drivers will soon be able to carry their licence on a smartphone.

The Regulatory Systems (Transport) Amendment Bill has passed its third reading, which makes digital licences a legal alternative to - rather than a compulsory replacement for - physical driver licence cards, eventually enabling digital alternatives for vehicle WOF and registration labels too.

The data will live inside a Government application for a wider set of digital identity tools...  And that's got the Free Speech Union's privacy alarms blaring.  CEO Jillaine Heather shed some light on the spectre of digital surveillance.

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