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 …
Why Australia’s new anti-encryption law is a disaster
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 …
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A step by step guide to setting up your own blog: Part 1 – which platform should I use?
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 …
Celebrating 20 years of Google – reflections on a technology empire
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. …
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New data privacy laws noble, but futile
If you've noticed your inbox flooded with messages about updated privacy policies, you can thank the European Union's new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) - the most significant change in data privacy regulation the world has seen in 20 years. I'm all for protecting people's privacy, and I definitely think that some sort of regulation is needed, but one must ask if the new GDPR goes too …
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Why you won’t #deleteFacebook
In the wake of the recent Facebook/Cambridge Analytica revelations, many have declared on other social networks that they were going to take a break from Facebook or delete it entirely. In fact, #deleteFacebook even became a trending movement for a while. And while Facebook may face its largest exodus ever, it's unlikely that this incident - or even the next one - will bring the social networking …