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With more people working from home post-COVID-19, what are the privacy implications of employers using spyware to monitor worker activity?
A patchwork of state and federal laws cover the surveillance of private conversation. But, in all cases, there is a “public interest” defence.
The use of body cameras by police forces raises questions about surveillance, privacy and regulation.
Smartphone apps and wearable devices can tell when workers have been within six feet of each other, promising to help curb the coronavirus. But they’re not all the same when it comes to privacy.
As the pandemic drives more of our lives online, we move further into a world optimised by big tech to suit itself.
Privacy regulation can’t keep pace with the supersystems collecting, analyzing and using personal data.
The NZ COVID Tracer app helps you keep track of places you visit in New Zealand, in case anyone infected also visited. But the app has some shortcomings that won’t be fixed until June at the earliest.
The COVIDSafe app hasn’t come out of nowhere. The promises of ‘smart city’ data collection may be seductive, but we must always weigh up what we’re being asked to give up in return.
Technology has made life under coronavirus workable and bearable for a great many. But will it mean further intrusions into our privacy that normally would be unacceptable?
Contact tracing is being touted as essential to controlling the spread of COVID-19, but it comes with alarming concerns related to our rights to privacy.
As governments consider the use of surveillance technologies to trace and contain the spread of COVID-19, it is important to consider human rights in the implementation.
Bluetooth wireless communication makes it possible to track when people have been exposed to people infected with the coronavirus. The right cryptography scheme keeps alerts about exposures private.
Providing the relevant safeguards are in place, there should be no particular threat to Australians’ privacy.
Zoom’s privacy and security shortcomings are just the latest videoconferencing vulnerabilities. Knowing each platform’s risks can help people avoid many of the downsides of virtual gatherings.
With so many people working from home on vulnerable networks and set-ups, cybersecurity is a growing concern.
Cellphone data can show who coronavirus patients interacted with, which can help isolate infected people before they feel ill. But how digital contact tracing is implemented matters.
Research indicates people would be willing to give up privacy to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic.
It’s important to strike a balance between protecting Americans’ privacy and having accurate statistics for governments and businesses to make data-based decisions.
Automated text messages if your phone detects you’re a long way from home, or discounted home internet, are just a few possible technology solutions to make New Zealanders “stay home to save lives”.
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney
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Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
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Professor, Bond University
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Dean of Global Business, The Fletcher School, Tufts University
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Professor of Cyber Security and Policy, Tufts University
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Research Fellow, Australian Catholic University
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Research engineer, Advanced Surveillance Project, Data61
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Research Director of the Security and Surveillance Research group; Professor, The University of Queensland
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Data protection and surveillance stream lead, Allens Hub for Technology, Law and Innovation, UNSW Law Faculty, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Researcher and Project Manager, Advanced Surveillance Project, Data61
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Professor of Cyber Security Practice, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor in Telecommunications Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
