$30 Instant verification stinks

[accesser]

If such a card did come out I doubt it would carry any info ideally it would just be a unique ID that then serves as token to identify you to the info stored on the servers of your bank / transport / health system

[kiwi]

If such a card did come out I doubt it would carry any info ideally it would just be a unique ID that then serves as token to identify you to the info stored on the servers of your bank / transport / health system

More the pity, I'd like mine to store my medical records, be my passport, more the merrier.

I don't but in for one moment the paranoia about big brother blah blah blah.

The ATO now, call them big brother if it amuses you, already has pretty much unfettered access to all your financial records for example.

[kiwi]

If I could have all that on microchip embedded under my skin that'd even be better. Anything that saves me time and provided accurate information to someone that needs it about me (like a doctor) them I'm for it. With 7 billion people in the world not personally worried about the likelihood of intentional individual privacy breaches.

[Duane Pipe]

My wallet consists of three cards, Medicare, Bank and license, plus my trade tickets, that's all I need
I don't use public transport so no smart card needed
I don't travel over seas so no smart card needed
Sorry Guys but i still live in the past

[Scotty72]

Gee Kiwi,

I guess you've never been a victim of ID fraud.

I guess you wanna make that as easy as possible.

Scotty

[Duane Pipe]

Have you Scotty

[Scotty72]

Yea

[kiwi]

Explain in technical terms why it makes it easier for ID fraud when to release from a proper smart card relevant data individual unique security codes, questions, pin or assword for each piece of data may be required. There is no suggestion in any serious smart card program that say your bus driver who reads the card to bill you for a ticket also then has access to your medical data

It's a smartcard


,

[Duane Pipe]

Yea

Was that internet related Scotty

[kiwi]

By the way identify fraud was easier 100 years ago by a long shot.

[Duane Pipe]

By the way identify fraud was easier 100 years ago by a long shot.

thats right Darren

[Scotty72]

It is not the bus driver I'm worried about.

Anyway, if you're happy to put all your eggs in one basket...

[Scotty72]

By the way identify fraud was easier 100 years ago by a long shot.

Sure. That is one of those out-there statements that is just too weird for words

[kiwi]

I do every time I take my kids in the car, sleep in the same house

I'm happy, simpler the safer in my opinion

All I ever heard in the great smart Card debates of 10-20 years ago was unfounded, unproven, unfair, utter nonsense.

[kiwi]

Sure. That is one of those out-there statements that is just too weird for words

Undoubtably true though.

[Scotty72]

All I ever heard in the great smart Card debates of 10-20 years ago was unfounded, unproven, unfair, utter nonsense.

That was the Australia Card. Completely separate to a smart card. It was just a piece of plastic.

No chips etc.

[kiwi]

It was here, overseas there were different more encompassing proposals

[ricktas]

Do they have an opt out option if not they should

Of course you can, I refuse to use the instant verification.

[kiwi]

May I ask why ?

[ricktas]

May I ask why ?

Cause I worked in a bank for 14 years and I will not trust them to refund my money. At least if I do it with PIN etc, I can be reasonably sure I did the transaction. And the answer your previous question, any cheque under $10K is not checked to verify signature or other details. It is simply automatically processed and the only thing looked at is the amount.