Secure Messaging Scorecard
Which apps and tools actually keep your messages safe? Our good friends at EFF have just published their Secure Messaging Scorecard. In the face of widespread Internet surveillance, we need a secure and practical means of talking to each other from our phones and computers. Many companies offer “secure messaging” products—but are these systems […]
Panel discussion on data retention
The audio from our excellent panel discussion on data retention, held at Entry 29 in Canberra on Thursday 11th September 2014 is now available. EFA’s Jon Lawrence moderated an expert panel discussion about data retention and mass surveillance with: Kate Lundy – ACT Labor Senator Dr Roger Clarke – Chair, Australian Privacy Foundation Alastair MacGibbon – Director, Centre […]
The 90s and Now: FBI and its Inability to Cope with Encryption
This post, by Amul Kalia, was originally published on EFF’s Deeplinks blog on 29th October 2014. Australian authorities are using many of the same arguments, including to justify the mandatory data retention legislation introduced into parliament last week. Recently, FBI Director James B. Comey, along with several government officials, have issued many public statements regarding their inability […]
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 […]