A step towards real privacy protection?
This article, by Alastair MacGibbon, from the University of Canberra’s Centre for Internet Safety, was originally published on The Conversation. See the original article. Alastair will be participating in a panel discussion in Canberra this Thursday about mandatory data retention and mass surveillance. Book your seat now! Civil action is the big stick needed to […]
Ten Steps You Can Take Right Now Against Internet Surveillance
This is a modified version of an article first published by Danny O’Brien on EFF’s Deeplinks blog on 25th October 2013. See the original article. One of the trends we’ve seen is how, as the word of the NSA’s spying has spread, more and more ordinary people want to know how (or if) they can […]
96% of Australians Want Mandatory Data Breach Notification Legislation – It’s Time Our Laws Caught Up
Electronic Frontiers Australia, the nation’s leading voice for Digital Rights since 1994, has renewed its call for mandatory data breach notification laws following the release of a report showing 96% of Australians are in favour of the laws. The report by the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner rating community attitudes to privacy, showed a […]
In the Silk Road Case, Don’t Blame the Technology
The man alleged to be “Dread Pirate Roberts,” the founder and operator of the Silk Road—an online marketplace where bitcoins were traded for a range of goods and services, including drugs — was arrested by the FBI in San Francisco this week. The criminal complaint, provides many details about how the site and its users […]
Perfect Forward Secrecy: an Important Web Privacy Protection
This is a modified version of an article first published by Parker Higgins on EFF’s Deeplinks blog on 28th August 2013. See the original article. When you access a Web site over an encrypted connection, you’re using a protocol called HTTPS. But not all HTTPS connections are created equal. In the first few milliseconds after […]