If left unchecked, invasions of privacy enabled by technology could put every human right at risk, and on a scale that would be truly terrifying.
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Intelligence officials in many countries are concerned the company could be helping the Chinese government spy on companies, military units and government agencies.
Durham University student Matthew Hedges has been jailed for life for ‘spying’ in UAE.
Underage police informants can’t necessarily be trusted to provide accurate information, so why compromise their safety?
Prosecuting whistleblowers has the potential to further shake public confidence in Australia’s criminal justice system.
Targeting Witness K and his lawyer in the Timor-Leste bugging case shows a government increasingly hostile to the media.
As lawyer Bernard Collaery and his client face criminal charges, there are many more questions to be answered in this case.
With its first ever recruitment advert, MI6 is reaching out to women and minority groups. But like their fictional counterparts, will they still end up doing desk work?
Australia has joined its allies in expelling Russian diplomats as retaliation for a nerve-agent attack on a former Russian agent and his daughter. But the action is unlikely to trouble Russia.
Even if they do eventually wake up, Sergei and Julia Skripal could suffer permanent damage as a result of their exposure to a Novichok nerve agent.
Russia isn’t the only suspect when it comes to the practice known as ‘wetwork’.
The fact Jeremy Corbyn spoke to a Communist spy posing as a diplomat in the 1980s does not make him a Communist agent. Many politicians and diplomats were tricked into similar meetings.
Flaws in manufacturing processes can cause chip flaws like Spectre and Meltdown – and blockchain technology may offer a solution.
The public release of secret intelligence can have a powerful impact on the political environment, as the revelations regarding Sam Dastyari demonstrate.
Instead of ignoring his accusers, South Africa’s Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa entertained them, tried to silence them through court, and then revealed a long-past affair of little interest.
The religious arm of Turkey’s government, Dinayet, has European authorities up in arms after leaked documents suggested the agency was engaged in international espionage.
The public must prepare to stand up for a free press, and against online censorship and surveillance.
Russia has decades of experience setting “honeytraps” for spies, diplomats, and whoever else it wants to embarrass or blackmail.
For decades, deterrence has effectively countered the threat of nuclear weapons. Can we achieve similar results against cyber weapons?
Do these tumultuous times also mean the end of Bond as we know it?
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Assistant Professor, School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Lecturer, Cyberintelligence and Cybercrime Investigations, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor of Digital Society, University of Glasgow
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Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of Notre Dame Australia
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Research Fellow, Leiden University
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Senior Research Fellow, RAND Europe; Middlesex University
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Associate professor of international history, Utrecht University
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Professor, Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, Australian National University
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Adjunct Professor, Griffith Asia Institute, Griffith University
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Assistant Professor, Women’s and Gender Studies, University of Oklahoma
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Research Fellow, Griffith University
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Lecturer in Intelligence Studies, Macquarie University
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Professor of Journalism, Boston University
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Professor of Information Technology and Engineering Systems, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)