Australians have been showing more concern for the protection of the personal information as they have ranked the misuse of their personal information as their top security issue concern, according to a Science Alert article. Those concerns along with their reported interest in extra security measures at financial institutions—such as fingerprint and photo IDs—have led the Australian Privacy Minister to look towards forms of security to enhance privacy such as biometrics.
The remaining hurdle is the line between biometrics securing one’s privacy and invading one’s privacy. Suggestions to ensure the line is not crossed include making sure new systems are integrated with existing procedures, and not creating new ones, while also thinking about how systems will impact those using them and keeping an awareness of public opinions of the systems.
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