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- Opt-out e-health a 'fundamental breach of trust': Victorian regulator https://t.co/kysihLKBl0 @Stilgherrian #privacy about 2 hours ago
- Do you support #privacy and strong #encryption? Sign our petition to send a message to @TurnbullMalcolm https://t.co/2i25cPkyLb about 2 days ago
- RT @dmeeze: A good reminder that people using #metadata can lead to guesses being presented as facts. @TheMandarinAU https://t.co/D72TU35iHJ about 6 days ago
- ,@1petermartin has a sneaky suspicion @TurnbullMalcolm thinks the #TPP is a dud deal for Australia https://t.co/eP6y2rtznI about 6 days ago
Search engines play an indispensable role in our information age. They are how we navigate the internet. Without their assistance, most of us would be lost. When access to their functionality is limited, our substantive access to information is limited. … Continue reading
EFA is concerned about yesterday’s announcement that Tasmanian MP Andrew Nikolic is to be appointed as Chair of the critical Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security. Mr Nikolic’s hard-line views on national security issues and his apparent disdain for … Continue reading
Over and over again as people keep talking about the Apple / FBI encryption stuff, I keep seeing the same line pop up. It's something along the lines of "but the FBI needs to know what's on that phone, so … Continue reading
There has already been much discussion about the many issues with the DOJ's motion to compel Apple to create a backdoor to let them brute force the passcode on Syed Farook's iPhone. However, eagle-eyed Chris Soghoian caught something especially interesting in … Continue reading
I read the news headlines and sometimes it is hard to tell what decade we are in. Just over 20 years ago, the National Security Agency developed and tried to make standard an encryption device with a built-in backdoor called … Continue reading