It might be a step towards the goals of the Face Verification Service project [0] of the Home Affairs office, which is a wide-reaching facial recognition service which seems to want to do things that aren't really possible with current technology.
Eventually these services can be integrated, or they might already be trialing integration silently.
> The Document Verification Service checks whether the personal information on an identity document matches the original
record. Importantly this includes verification of the date of birth on Australian passports, driver licences and birth certificates.
> The Face Verification Service complements the Document Verification Service by preventing the use of stolen as well as fake identity information.
I feel like I am pretty security conscious and thought the same thing at first. but realistically isn't all this just data the government already has on us?.
Sort of, it depends if they ask for extra permissions at some point in the future and there is not alternative option. I saw an Android screenshot showing requests for an insane amount of access - it may have been faked though.
