Online surveillance: what is the Australian government hiding?
EFA has suspected since the existence of the NSA’s global internet surveillance program PRISM was revealed recently by whistleblower Ed Snowden, that Australian intelligence agencies have been receiving information from this program about Australians. Australian intelligence agencies have a long-established close working relationship with their counterparts in the US and other Anglosphere countries under an […]
EFA Evaluation: Australia Post Digital Mailbox beta privacy policy
Australians can now register for the beta version of Australia Post Digital Mailbox. The service allows mail to be sent to you digitally, to pay bills, and aims to be your go-to storage solution for the business of life, so to speak: Copies of official documents, receipts, and family records, for example. It’s convenient, to be sure, […]
Folsom PRISM Blues: Nine reasons you don’t have “nothing to hide”
By Sean Rintel, The University of Queensland & EFA Board Member. This article (with different images) was originally published on 11th June 2013 in: In the wake of former CIA employee Edward Snowden’s revelations of the PRISM NSA mass surveillance, people are once again asking why the general public should care if they’ve got […]
PRISM: the NSA is watching…the whole world.
This week’s revelations in The Guardian and Washington Post about PRISM, the United States’ National Security Agency’s top secret global internet surveillance program are extremely alarming. The leaked information suggests that the NSA has ‘direct access’ to the systems of the majority of the most popular online services on the planet, including Google (including Youtube), […]
Melbourne Members Event: Thursday 21st March
EFA is teaming up with Electron Workshop and Cryptoparty to bring you a fun and informative meet-up. Date: Thursday 21st March Time: 6.30pm to 9.00pm Venue: Electron Workshop, 31 Arden Street, North Melbourne 3051 Come and join us at the location of the inaugural Cryptoparty, and: – meet with your Melbourne-based EFA colleagues – learn […]