The controversial issue of human rights for corporations took an unexpected turn this week in Britain.
Privacy
Why the campaign against anonymity is an attack on free speech
There’s a growing campaign against online anonymity from governments, corporations and even the media. It’s dangerous.
Essential: opposition to Malaysian Solution grows
Opposition to the Malaysian Solution has spiked, and Labor’s carbon pricing campaign isn’t working.
How safe is your privacy?
Apparently your privacy is safe in the hands of Australia’s mainstream media. It’s not, of course. Ask Pauline Hanson, John Della Bosca, Troy Buswell, David Campbell and innumerable celebrities.
Crikey Says: Crikey says: Privacy Eye
“A statutory right to privacy is one very small shield against a vast effort to find out everything about you.”
How the media will react to a right to privacy
Belatedly, the government is acting on a longstanding recommendation about a right to privacy. But it’s a little hypocritical.
Protecting yourself from phone hacking, a handy guide …
Mobile phone security expert David Rogers explains how phone hacking is done, and how you can better protect your mobile phone’s voicemail.
The gaping hole where a right to privacy should be
The phone-hacking scandal may have been hidden by Rupert Murdoch’s power, but its origins lay in the lack of a right to privacy.
War on the Internet IV: you are the network’s resilience
The effectiveness of government attacks on the internet can be blunted by some easily-accessible tools.
Cyberspace freedom … except where they upset the copyright industry
The Obama Administration’s Cyberspace strategy places heavy emphasis on freedom, but in practice it’s only as much freedom as the copyright industry wants
Facebook busted trying to smear Google
Facebook recently hired a PR agent who has been quietly encouraging journos and bloggers to write anti-Google stories questioning whether Google’s new social media strategy violates people’s privacy.
Twitter and the right to privacy of rich British men
Twitter has been used again to breach several superinjunctions protecting British celebrities.
Federal government on privacy: do as I say, not as I do
The federal government is threatening to impose tighter laws on corporations over privacy breaches. But it’s not in a position of moral authority …
SPEECH: Paul Keating on privacy in the information age
Former prime minister Paul Keating is delivering a speech to the Centre for Advance Journalism, University of Melbourne, tonight on the ‘privacy imperative in the information age’. Crikey has the speech.
Like! Zuckerberg gets the Facebook treatment
Facebook regularly gets accused of breaching privacy. As payback, Gawker gave Facebook founder Mark Zuckberg the full Hollywood treatment, with a weekend of paparazzi snapping his every move.
The minister, the gay sauna and a reporter with scores to settle
The Channel Seven newsroom has split this morning over the ethics of state political reporter Adam Walters’ icky scoop exposing transport minister David Campbell’s “double life” as a bisexual man.
Silicon Valley’s secret police squad
When the Gizmodo editor’s house was raided recently over the leaked iPhone, it was done by a shadowy outfit called the Rapid Enforcement Allied Computer Team. So what is it, and who’s in charge?
The tech industry’s dirty little secrets
PC World lists 21 things “they” don’t want you to know — and how to get around them: spying ISPs, the printer ink price scam, hacked pacemakers, what Google knows about you, and more.
Beecher: Bingle and the bullying media no moral crusade
The media’s appalling behaviour in the Lara Bingle saga will only serve to strengthen privacy laws.
leaked Sexy Facebook messages you weren’t supposed to see
Facebook accidentally sent hundreds of private messages to the wrong users the other day, and Valleywag has its hands on a bunch of the saucier ones. Go on: you know you want to.
Wikileaks to expose neo-Nazis online
Wikileaks is about to unleash a huge amount of private documents, correspondence and membership lists from neo-Nazi organisations into the wilds of the internet. This could get very, very nasty.
Facebook goes fascist
Facebook’s widely derided new privacy policy isn’t just a case of poor judgment, says Valleywag: it’s a very calculated move to control your privacy — and a massive betrayal of users’ trust. Facebook has turned evil.
Big Brother 2.0
Governments and intelligence agencies are increasingly monitoring social media services like Twitter and Facebook to catch tax cheats, digital pirates and political protesters, according to the NY Times. Is it time to ask just who your friends and followers are?
How Facebook is tricking you into making all your info public
Facebook is rolling out new “privacy controls” under the pretense of giving users more control. But what it’s really doing is tricking people into sharing all their personal information with the rest of the internet so it can compete with Twitter.
Sorry Mike, but your integrity counts. We need to know
Like many politicians, Mike Rann has been perfectly happy to exploit his private life when it suited him. Yet the moment there’s a hint of sex, he suddenly demands silence.
