It seems near impossible to keep control of our personal data – and Facebook does anything but help.
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Do you think you’ve set up your Facebook account so that only your friends can see your information? Think again…
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Companies are compiling your smartphone data into shockingly intimate profiles that can be used against you.
Is this cloud secure?
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Storing data in the cloud is convenient, but how secure is it? And what are users’ options for stepping up their data security?
Information about who rides where and when is useful for city planners and policymakers, but also a valuable commodity in its own right.
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Australians can see the impact of dockless bike sharing on the streets of their cities. The huge store of data collected about user journeys is less visible, but just as important.
Staff at the Korea Internet and Security Agency in Seoul, South Korea monitor possible ransomware cyberattacks in May 2017.
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Like legitimate e-commerce, ransomware e-crime is increasing in scale, value and sophistication.
Birdwatchers are keeping parrots’ locations a closely guarded secret.
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With the right approach to data security, scientists’ discoveries of the locations of rare and sought-after species needn’t leave a trail for poachers to follow.
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UK politicians are planning very different approaches to data privacy, security and surveillance.
More power than you think in power walking.
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From power walks to silly walks, we can use our movement to generate energy in a way that is unique to everyone. And that can be used to help secure our wearable technology.
Changes to the way some organisations must reveal a data breach on personal information.
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New legislation will soon require organisations to disclose any data breaches involving your private details. But the legislation still has some gaps in it.
The ATO crash didn’t involve a fire, but it almost looked that bad for a while.
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The ATO system crash was unusual, but it was handled as well as could be expected.
If only it were this easy.
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People who think like hackers have some really good ideas about how to protect digital privacy during turbulent times. We can learn from them.
Businesses need to consult customers to work out what is reasonable when it comes to using and securing their data.
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Business Briefing: Trusting business to take care of your data
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Businesses need to take the lead to show customers and governments that industry can handle data management, says former ACCC chief Graeme Samuel.
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A new type of computer means we’ll need a new way to make our data secure.
The ABS has safeguards to protect privacy and secure data collected in the census.
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Privacy fears over longer retention of names and addresses in Census 2016 are understandable, but are also misinformed and exaggerated.
If we’re super-wired in the future, will we also be super-vulnerable?
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Imagining possible futures can help us plan a secure information technology environment for the years to come.
How many attempts will it take to unlock this phone?
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The FBI has accessed the data on a shooter’s iPhone. What if the device had been running Android?
Who has your personal data, and how secure is it? Do you even know?
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How should we address growing concerns about information security without denying society the benefits big data can bring?
Apple is refusing to back down in its fight with the FBI.
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Apple’s refusal to back down in its fight with the FBI is a sharp reversal from just a few years ago when it was the government urging tech companies to do more to protect consumer privacy.
Do not adjust your set.
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From Frodo to Skynet – the new Malware Museum shows how viruses reflect our culture and our fears.
The pathogens are secured, but are the data about them as well-protected?
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Biosafety needs to be about more than personal protective equipment and safe laboratory practices. Don’t forget the cybersecurity.