The ban on Queensland Members of Parliament using encrypted messaging apps for government business should be accompanied by a willingness to strengthen official accountability across the board.
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Could an employer or platform claim copyright in a chat group? We’d first have to accept that conversations in a chat group are protected by copyright.
Storing data in the cloud is convenient, but how secure is it? And what are users' options for stepping up their data security?
Prime numbers are a mathematical mystery.
Scholars dig in to the debate on whether police should be able to defeat or circumvent encryption systems.
The FBI and police officials say they need to decrypt secure communications to fight crime. But they have other options, and modern threats make clear the importance of strong encryption.
Cloud computing is on the rise, but so are questions about its security. This is why we need systems where the data itself enforces security, not just the cloud system within which it is contained.
KRACK can only be used in certain circumstances, and there are some steps you can take to keep your internet traffic safe.
Every government, business or organisation releasing data needs to think about how to ensure that the risk of re-identifying an individual or revealing personal information about someone is low.
While security researchers are yet to perform a thorough analysis of iOS 11 and Face ID, past issues with the hardware and software of the iPhone point to areas of potential concern.
Some of the iPhone's innovations have made users less secure.
Many Australians are unaware of current police and intelligence powers when it comes to accessing our data.
As companies make quantum computers available through their cloud services, take a look at what it means for computing to move beyond classical mechanics and into quantum physics.
Quantum computing is being described as "just around the corner". Is it?
Governments' efforts to weaken communications security undermine and distract from the need to protect the real weak points in our online communications.
Most people have never heard of the software that makes up the machinery of the internet
- especially the tools that keep us safe.
The Australian government's proposed law that would force technology companies to decrypt messages could make Australians more vulnerable.
Cracking down on extremism online won’t solve the problem of extremist violence, will inevitably censor speech that's important to protect and risks harming political dissidents and democracy itself.
The Australian government wants to access encrypted messages, but don't call it a "backdoor".
In a security update on the threats facing Australia at home and abroad, Malcolm Turnbull will say that an 'online civil society is as achievable as an offline one'.
Top contributors
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Head, The Cyber Academy, Edinburgh Napier University
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Media Specialist, Department of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne
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Professor of Computer Security, University of Wollongong
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Lecturer in Software Engineering, Monash University
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University at Buffalo
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Senior lecturer, Deakin University
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Postdoctoral Research Associate in Computer Science, Princeton University
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Associate Professor of Business Law and Ethics; Executive Director, Ostrom Workshop; Cybersecurity Program Chair, IU-Bloomington, Indiana University
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Professor of Computer Science, Elon University
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Director, Centre for Cyber Security Research & Innovation (CSRI), Deakin University
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Associate professor, RMIT University
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Professor of Quantum Physics and Quantum Technology, University of Sydney
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Assistant Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
