For more than a decade, the Russian government has been putting teeth into its doctrine of ‘digital sovereignty’ by steadily increasing censorship of content and control over internet access.
What digital border controls should be used in Russia?
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The Russian government would like to free itself from the global Internet. This push for “digital sovereignty” has raised technical scepticism and political concerns.
A spider’s web is secure, and ours?
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The announcement of a systemic attack on the Internet in February 2019 raises the question of the structure and protection of one of the major protocols of the web: the domain name service (DNS).
There is a vast infrastructure of digital tools that can be used to strategically manipulate behaviour for tactical gain.
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Nation states are covertly working against each other on the very same digital platforms they use to collaborate in areas such as trade and manufacturing.
Ramon Lobato, Swinburne University of Technology and Scott Ewing, Swinburne University of Technology
In recent months there have been many reports of Australians covertly signing up for the US streaming service Netflix, using fake postcodes and software workarounds to fool its geo-blocking system. One…
After 25 years, it’s getting a bit dusty in there.
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Most people would agree with the principle that good foundations are essential to any structure that is intended to last. But what if when you started building, you didn’t envisage how large, complex or…
Nations from around the world are currently meeting in Dubai to discuss the future of the internet.
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And so the battle for the future of the internet rages on. The focus this time is not on WikiLeaks, cybercrime treaties, or privacy controls, but the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). The ITU…
The “scorched-earth” tactics espoused by SOPA are raising serious concerns.
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A pair of bills currently making their way through US legislature has set off alarm bells among internet technologists and users worldwide. The aim of PROTECT-IP, in the Senate, and SOPA (Stop Online Piracy…