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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.
Police forces across the country now have access to surveillance technologies that were recently available only to national intelligence services. The digitization of bias and abuse of power followed.
A new approach to supporting victims of domestic violence and child maltreatment.
Smart city solutions have proved handy for curbing the contagion, but recent experience has also shown how much they rely on public trust. And that in turn depends on transparency and robust safeguards
Temperature-scanning systems are not always accurate at detecting fever, and raise a host of privacy concerns.
Police are using drones to enforce rules and surveil and intimidate people.
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.
The Australian National University is turning to digital proctoring to replace the role of a walking invigilator. But who watches the proctor, what are the risks, and what data will be collected?
Providing the relevant safeguards are in place, there should be no particular threat to Australians' privacy.
Current restrictions remind us of the value of access to public space and one another. Yet even before COVID-19 some people were excluded and targeted, so a return to the status quo isn't good enough.
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.
Instead of seeking to protect our health and stop the coronavirus epidemic by instituting totalitarian surveillance regimes, we should rather focus on empowering citizens.
Our mobile phone's location data could be a valuable tool to help track and trace the spread of the coronavirus outbreak. The government has the legal power to do it, given what's at stake.
Recently, police forces have come under criticism for their engagement of facial recognition technologies. But pandemic response plans may increasingly incorporate surveillance.
South Korea's COVID-19 testing programme relies on what many would call privacy invasions.
Research reveals a complicated relationship between surveillance and freedom, as surveillance activities allow for greater autonomy for women hoping to work in Jordan.
There are few guarantees that the facial recognition system is secure or even that it is accurate.
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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Senior Researcher and Project Manager, Advanced Surveillance Project, Data61
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Research engineer, Advanced Surveillance Project, Data61
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Assistant Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer in Technology, The Open 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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Senior Lecturer in Sociology (Ageing and Dementia), University of Tasmania
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Adjunct Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
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Honorary Lecturer in Sociology, Australian National University
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Professor and Director, Centre for Research into Information, Surveillance and Privacy, University of Stirling
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Director of UWA Centre for Software Practice, University of Western Australia
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Media Specialist, Department of Computing and Information Systems, University of Melbourne
