“Using just four minutes of audio, a Guardian Australia journalist was able to generate a clone of their own voice and was then able to use this, combined with their customer reference number, to gain access to their own Centrelink self-service account.”
Four minutes of audio and a customer reference number got a reporter into a Centrelink account. The voiceprint covers 3.8 million Centrelink clients and 7.1 million ATO users. Services Australia’s site promises the system “can tell when someone is pretending to be you.” Your voice is on every podcast, voicemail and video you ever recorded. The government made it a password anyway.