The main Australian government department which handles things like Medicare, social security ("welfare"), etc has the option to use voice recognition, and they

The main Australian government department which handles things like Medicare, social security ("welfare"), etc has the option to use voice recognition, and they promote it. eg printed flyers selling people on the idea, etc. https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/create-your-voiceprint https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/create-your-voiceprint https://www.itnews.com.au/news/services-australias-voice-biometrics-library-passes-12-million-548364 https://www.itnews.com.au/news/services-australias-voice-bio... Possibly even worse, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) - our version of the IRS - has been creating voice prints of all callers for the same purpose. https://www.ato.gov.au/General/Online-services/Voice-authentication/ https://www.ato.gov.au/General/Online-services/Voice-authent... And they reportedly ignore caller instructions to opt out. :(