Does Tor + Facebook = better privacy?
This post is by Thomas Karpiniec, Chair of EFA’s Policy & Research Committee. On Friday Facebook announced that they are making their website available as a Tor hidden service. This will improve the Facebook experience for anyone who uses Tor to make their web browsing more anonymous, but there are downsides. Tor (The Onion Router) […]
Data Retention a boon for Copyright Trolls
As AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin confirmed to a press conference in Canberra yesterday, mandatory data retention will include data that will enable copyright holders to chase people they believe have infringed their copyright. Communications Minister Turnbull tried to play this down, saying, “They do this pretty much in real-time, so the two year holding of data […]
Corrupted Nerds: Metadata & surveillance with Carly Nyst
Last week, Stilgherrian joined Privacy International’s Legal Director Carly Nyst in Sydney to discuss data retention and surveillance. He’s edited that conversation into his latest Corrupted Nerds podcast, which we encourage you to listen to: Conversations 12: Metadata & surveillance with Carly Nyst.
#5 Safeguards for International Cooperation. Extraterritorial Application of Human Rights Law
This is a guest post from Angela Daly & Angus Murray, Members of the EFA Policy and research Standing Committee. Angela is also a member of Australian Privacy Foundation’s board of directors. Between 15th-19th of September, in the week leading up the first year anniversary of the 13 Necessary and Proportionate Principles, EFA and the coalition behind […]
It’s time for privacy invasion to be a legal wrong
It’s time for privacy invasion to be a legal wrong By Normann Witzleb, Monash University This post is reproduced under a Creative Commons license.and was originally posted at The Conversation. The Australian Law Reform Commission (ALRC) yesterday recommended introducing new laws that would give a legal remedy for serious invasions of privacy. Unfortunately, the federal government […]