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A voiceprint program used by millions of Australians can be fooled by an AI-generated voice

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Summary
Nutrition label

71% Informative

Centrelink and the Australian Taxation Office both give people the option of using a "voiceprint" to verify their identity over the phone, allowing them to then access sensitive information from their accounts.

The self-service phone system allows people to access sensitive material such as information on their payment of benefits and to request documents to be sent by mail.

VR Score

69

Informative language

71

Neutral language

67

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

77

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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