AUSTRALIA: NSW police can now demand your phone and your password, and the state just handed them A$15 million to crack whatever they can't talk you out of. The same bill turns your driver’s license photo into a national biometric record. Toll cameras may now photograph the driver and every passenger, including children. The government's own scrutiny committee warned the bill gives officials too much discretion over people's privacy. Parliament passed it anyway.

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NSW Turns the Driver License Photo Into a National Biometric Record

NSW driver license photos may be shared through Australia’s National Driver Licence Facial Recognition Solution.