What I find problematic with MyGovId is how easy is to steal someone's identify. All you need are two documents like your Medicare card and driver licence.
These are documents that most people carry around in their wallet. Just gaining access for a few seconds to someone's wallet and take a couple photos to these documents, is all you need to impersonate this person through myGovId.
There are even night clubs where they make a copy of your driver licence as a requirement for entry.
In addition, as usual with any software system related to the Australian Governement, MyGovId simply does not work very well. For example, mine stopped receiving the 4-digit verification codes after an Android upgrade. After countless hours of resetting the application, re-entering the identity data, etc. I had to end up using my wife's phone.
These are documents that most people carry around in their wallet. Just gaining access for a few seconds to someone's wallet and take a couple photos to these documents, is all you need to impersonate this person through myGovId.
There are even night clubs where they make a copy of your driver licence as a requirement for entry.
In addition, as usual with any software system related to the Australian Governement, MyGovId simply does not work very well. For example, mine stopped receiving the 4-digit verification codes after an Android upgrade. After countless hours of resetting the application, re-entering the identity data, etc. I had to end up using my wife's phone.