The government faces legal restrictions on how much personal information it can gather on citizens, but the law is largely silent on agencies purchasing the data from commercial brokers.
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Over the years Australia has been quick to point the finger at China – most recently in relation to DJI drones. Instead, we should look closely at our own tech security policies.
Emergency alerts system: a lifesaving service or a threat to privacy?
As we approach the 20th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, it is important to reflect on the use of war footage in media and the ethical questions around the use of footage depicting human death.
International law states that states have to operate ‘due regard’ for the right of nations to fly drones above international waters. Washington claims Russia violated this standard in incident.
Many people have become resigned to the fact that tech companies collect our private data. But policymakers must do more to limit the amount of personal information corporations can collect.
A recent study highlights how mass surveillance of Muslim communities by Canadian intelligence is based on racist stereotypes about Muslims.
After shooting down a high-altitude Chinese balloon, the US has been on the alert for other aerial invaders.
The Chinese ‘spy balloon’ shot down over the US has brought the seemingly strange methods of surveillance and espionage into news headlines.
Despite China’s complaints about the United States shooting down its balloon, the U.S. was within its rights — and China has done the same thing in the past.
Every country has sovereignty over their own airspace and permission must be sought by foreign aircraft entering that airspace.
Theatre censorship laws stifled Black playwrights for more than 200 years – here’s what we found in the archive.
As Martin Luther King Jr. gained national prominence, the FBI launched several investigations to prove that King and his radical allies were communist sympathizers and a danger to America.
The vast majority of people alive today are subject to tracking through a number of overlapping and entrenched surveillance systems.
The spy watchdog needs to make its findings on complaints against the country’s intelligence agencies public as a matter of principle.
For some parents, apps offer a practical way of keeping tabs on one’s family. But many children and teenagers experience it is as unwelcome surveillance.
Some US law enforcement agencies are using a commercial app that tracks people all day long via their phones – without a court order or oversight.
Questions about illegal surveillance photography and powerful facial recognition technology suggest updating the police training manual and the Policing Act itself should be a priority.
Hiding in plain sight, they’re subtle reminders that we’re being watched, tracked, studied.
Dos Santos was a withdrawn president. His silence produced an aura of power and the cult of personality that surrounded him.
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