EFA Welcomes Government Decision To Reject Online Age Verification

EFA welcomes the Australian Government’s decision that forcing platforms to implement age verification, or “age assurance”, technologies would pose too high a risk to our privacy and security. The government found that: “It is clear from the Roadmap that at present, each type of age verification or age assurance technology comes with its own privacy, […]
Australians Speak Out on Privacy Concerns: OAIC Survey

EFA weighs in on the latest OAIC survey about Australians’ attitudes to and experiences of digital privacy.
Don’t Ban TikTok, Do This Instead

Concerned about TikTok’s security and privacy practices? Before you panic, read this.
EFA Statement Regarding Cloudflare

Electronic Frontiers Australia calls on Cloudflare to provide a detailed statement of reasons that explain its approach to balancing competing rights and interests.
Signal Is A Good Start, But Beware
Everyone who has been a long time Signal user has been getting a bunch of notifications recently to let them know that [insert random contact here] has recently joined Signal. It’s all part of the recent exodus to Signal from Whatsapp after it was revealed that Whatsapp is going to start sharing data with Facebook […]
