Should Australia’s law enforcement agencies be allowed to use images supplied for driving licenses, passports and other identification documents as part of a facial recognition search for criminals?
The use of drones by authorities has increased around the globe. In the US, drones have been used not only for police surveillance and in operations, but also to patrol its southern borders.
If the Ashley Madison hack was an inside job, then it shows that even strong protection against outside attacks isn’t necessarily enough to prevent a leak of private data.
David Anderson’s report on surveillance isn’t a charter for online privacy but it could create problems for a government set on capturing all our data.
Researchers are tapping into some of the massive amounts data collected these days, which could include information about you. But how do they protect your privacy?
The idea of the right to know as the ‘lifeblood of democracy’ is a surprisingly modern development. And in an age when transparency is prized, privacy and secrecy can still be justified in many cases.
Many people are shocked by what children are willing to share about themselves online. Is it that they don’t understand privacy, or just have a different conception of it compared to adults?