Police using mobile phone tower dumps for fishing expeditions
Fairfax Media is today reporting that Australian police are receiving metadata dumps from mobile phone towers. These data dumps provide information about “the identity, activity and location of any phone that connects to targeted cell towers over a set span of time, generally an hour or two. A typical dump covers multiple towers, and mobile […]
Next tranche of new surveillance powers [Updated]
[Update: in a doorstop interview on 2nd July, Attorney-General Brandis said the following: ATTORNEY-GENERAL: Legislation that I will be introducing into the Senate in the week after next will give effect to the recommendations, the 21 recommendations in Chapter-Four of the Joint Parliamentary Committee Report on Intelligence and Security. That was, as I say, a […]
Speak Out 3 Video: EFF’s Danny O’Brien
As part of TheDayWeFightBack EFA hosted our third Speak Out featuring Danny O’Brien, International Director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Danny is a veteran of over two decades fighting for digital rights and provides fascinating insights into previous and current campaigns against mass surveillance and other threats to digital rights around the world. EFA Speak […]
The Day The World Fought Back
In the last year, the world has learned that mass surveillance by governments knows no bounds. Today, 11th February, internet users around the world are standing together. Individuals, civil society organisations, and thousands of websites will let the world’s governments know that we reject global mass surveillance at home and overseas. Today, we fight back. […]
EFA Speak Out #3: Danny O’Brien
As part of our participation in The Day We Fight Back, EFA is very proud to present our next EFA Speak Out, featuring Danny O'Brien. Danny is the International Director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), was a co-founder of the UK's Open Rights Group (ORG) and has been a leading activist for digital rights for […]