Politics Podcast: John Blaxland on new foreign interference laws
John Blaxland has some real concerns about the unintended consequences of the proposed foreign interference legislation on academic debate.
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Many users of digital platforms resign themselves to being monitored. That’s surveillance apathy - and it’s worse in society’s most marginalised groups.
What can be done to prevent employers from rejecting individuals based on concern about future illnesses? Currently, nothing.
Michelle Grattan speaks to Deep Saini about the week in politics.
The COAG agreement to share our biometric data - including some photo ID - is an erosion of our privacy and will give people a false sense of comfort.
In the main the public have accepted the world has changed, justifying altering the balance between security and rights. But there is still argument over precisely where lines should be drawn.
The states’ handover of driver licence data for a beefed up national facial biometric matching capability would only bring existing arrangements into ‘real time’.
South Africa’s intelligence services operate secretly and with minimal oversight. So citizens will probably never know exactly what they are up to.
Virtual private networks help citizens around the world evade state surveillance – how long until more governments take action?
Poitras’s latest film shows you can get too involved with your subject.
What governments and companies think they know about us – whether or not it’s accurate – has real power over our actual lives.
Apple’s design decisions don’t please everyone, but in the iPhone the company created something truly revolutionary that has lasted.
Family violence will not always be ‘obvious’ to CCTV. Therefore measures must be put in place to ensure that footage cannot be used against victims should circumstances of violence be challenged.
In the 10 years since Google Street View launched, the platform has provided ample fodder for artists, who have used it to comment on surveillance, poverty and gentrification.
Gamification in schools teaches children that they should expect their every move to be watched, rated, and possibly shared publicly.
The government’s proposed drug test trial shows how data profiling and surveillance targets the poor.
Yes, Big Brother is almost definitely watching. Here, five tips for researchers on keeping you and your sources safe.
Project Baseline opens up new opportunities in health care, both for the researchers working with big data and for consumers who want more sophisticated ways to track their health.
On World Press Freedom Day, we must deal with the threat data collection and surveillance poses to journalism.
A surprise intrusion by a drone on a Darwin woman skinny-dipping in her secluded backyard pool highlights the many weaknesses of current privacy and stalking laws.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor in Telecommunications Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
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Research Director of the Security and Surveillance Research group; Professor, The University of Queensland
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Digital Society, University of Glasgow
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Affiliated Faculty Member, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences, Penn State
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer in Technology, The Open University
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Research engineer, Advanced Surveillance Project, CSIRO
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Senior Researcher and Project Manager, Advanced Surveillance Project, CSIRO
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Lecturer in Technology and Crime, Griffith University
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Professor and Director, Centre for Research into Information, Surveillance and Privacy, University of Stirling
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Emeritus Professor in Law and Criminal Justice, Adelaide University
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Professor of Global Legal Studies, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham
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Head, The Cyber Academy, Edinburgh Napier University
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University