For instance, Greens were the only ones to push against the "Identify and Disrupt Bill" (which newspapers ignored in favour of "Freedom" March dramas).

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[–] theroff@aussie.zone 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

My concern is that it requires a Google or Apple account to use the myGovID app and the app itself is proprietary:

https://www.digitalidentity.gov.au/create-or-manage-your-digital-id

Compare this to the Belgium eID which is open source software and available on Linux and various platforms:

https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/collection/open-source-observatory-osor/news/middleware-eid-belgium-open-sourced

[–] yistdaj@pawb.social 2 points 1 year ago

Since I use Ubuntu Touch, I'm a bit frustrated with the state of government apps only supporting Android and IOS. Recently managed to finally run Android apps on it, but they still don't all work perfectly. I understand that it's not something most people know about let alone use, but I fear that if any government app becomes essential that we lock in the existing duopoly, at least in Australia. At least if it was open source it could perhaps be ported over.

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