Jeremy Yancey's Website, Blog and Portfolio
The Australian Government has rolled out COVIDSafe - a smartphone app that aims to help find and contain COVID-19 outbreaks quickly, and slow the spread of the virus. While downloading the app is completely voluntary, it needs a minimum of 40 percent of the country to adopt it in order for it to be effective. …
[Read more...] about About the COVIDSafe app – what it is, and why you MUST download it
Facebook looks set to follow Instagram's lead by removing the number of Likes on people's News Feeds, supposedly to protect users’ from destructively comparing themselves to others and the social inadequacy that comes from not getting as many Likes. It could also stop users from deleting posts they think aren’t getting enough Likes or not sharing in the first place. But does Facebook really have …
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The Australian Government has passed world-first legislation that gives law enforcement agencies the ability to read your communications from encrypted messaging services like WhatsApp, Signal and Wickr. The ‘Assistance and Access Bill’ gives agencies like ASIO and the Australian Federal Police the power to request cooperation from both telcos and tech companies in their investigations. This …
The Australian Government has passed a world-first legislation that gives law enforcement agencies the ability to read your communications from encrypted messaging services like WhatsApp, Signal and Wickr. Under the controversial new ‘Assistance and Access Bill’, agencies like ASIO and the Australian Federal Police will be able to request cooperation from both telcos and tech companies in their …
[Read more...] about Why Australia’s new anti-encryption law is a disaster
Blogs are a great way to share your ideas, expertise and experiences with others online, and can be an effective tool for building your digital presence. There are millions of blogs on the Web, covering just about every subject matter you can think of - from travel and photography to parenting and technology. Perhaps the biggest advantage of setting up a blog is that you have complete control over …
In 1998, Sergey Brin and Larry Page launched a search engine that would forever change our lives - Google. Fast forward 20 years, and Google - while still synonymous with search - has evolved into an enormous technology empire, with an extensive suite of products and services that many of us cannot live without. …
[Read more...] about Celebrating 20 years of Google – reflections on a technology empire
