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Smart street furniture can do a lot of things at once. Some of these functions offer the public clear benefits, but the data collection and surveillance capabilities raise a number of concerns.
A wider understanding of cultural values will be crucial to the successful implementation of contact-tracing technology across the world.
We believe fitness trackers keep us healthy, and connected toys keep children safe – but such devices are easily abused.
The murky blobs visible with today’s wall-penetrating radar could soon give way to detailed images of people and things on the other side of a wall – and even measure people’s breathing and heart rate.
Police, private security and sporting events are turning to a growing but largely unregulated industry that claims its technology can detect suspicious individuals.
A key component in any planning around encampments is the voice of people with lived experience. It is clear the go-to response of policing is not working.
Each province and district in South Africa has allocated persons responsible for investigating adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination.
COVID-19 vaccine passports are being presented as a relatively simple technological solution to our current travel woes. But meaningful public debate about their merits and problems is essential.
Interviews with students, tutors, tech workers and university administrators reveal the problems with online exam monitoring systems — but also show they’re unlikely to go away.
A privacy expert says citizens will need to exercise their right to public protest if they want to preserve their privacy.
You can have this STI without knowing it, or have symptoms, it can affect men and women, and it can be treated with antibiotics. Left untreated, it may cause complications.
The government of Ontario’s announcement of funding of a wearable contact tracking device for workplaces raises concerns about privacy and surveillance.
The responsibility should not simply lie with employees who are working even harder.
Innovative border control technologies may be great for governments cracking down on migration — but they could further disadvantage groups that are already vulnerable.
The Constitutional Court judgment is a huge victory, not only for journalists and lawyers who stand to benefit directly and immediately, but for broader society.
We already track potential vaccine side-effects in Australia. So we’ll be using, and building on, years of experience in monitoring any long-term effects of COVID-19 vaccines.
Facial recognition, social media and location tracking give law enforcement a leg up in a monumental investigation.
A recent Labor Department memo urges agencies to avoid releasing press releases accusing companies of violating laws, to protect the companies’ reputations. People are denied the same protections.
There is growing concern in some countries that restrictions designed to combat the pandemic may not be lifted once it is over.
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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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Senior Lecturer in Technology, The Open University
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Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
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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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Honorary Lecturer in Sociology, Australian National University
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Professor, Department of Journalism, Film and Television, University of Johannesburg
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Professor and Director, Centre for Research into Information, Surveillance and Privacy, University of Stirling
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Associate Dean (Computing and Security), Edith Cowan University
