The Turnbull government has demonstrated its willingness to use private information against critics, and we know how poor third party contractors can be at securing data.
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A recent spate of significant data breaches continues to demonstrate the huge problems of the relentless accumulation of information on all of us both by corporations and governments. Just in recent weeks, we've had:
Companies say they make user data "anonymous" before they share or sell it to a third party. But is that even possible?
Government’s malware backdoor confirms global village idiot status
The government's backdoor-without-a-backdoor attack on encryption appears to be a long-used police technique that has its own security problems.
Hack of defence firm reveals a cybersecurity framework in chaos
While endlessly talking about the importance of cybersecurity, the government has an all-care-no-responsibility attitude toward its defence data.
Our spy agencies know less about cybersecurity than the Daily Mail
The agencies dedicated to "protecting our secrets" are insisting on a password security method that even the Daily Mail knows is nonsense, writes John Quiggin.
A reminder that the biggest threat to privacy is…
At a time of mounting concerns about cybersecurity, remember it's always your own government that's the greatest threat.
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