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 […]
EFA Speak Out #4: Narelle Clark
EFA is very proud to present our next EFA Speak Out, featuring Narelle Clark. Narelle is a long-standing Life Member of EFA and is currently the President of the Internet Society of Australia and sits on the Internet Society’s global Board of Trustees. Narelle has over 20 years’ experience in network engineering and management positions […]
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. […]
Speak Out 1 Video: Senator Scott Ludlam
Electronic Frontiers Australia was honoured to host Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam as our first guest in our Speak Out event series. EFA Speak Out events use Google Hangout On Air to showcase a local or international guest discussing and answering questions about online rights. Senator Ludlam has been one of Australia’s strongest political voices […]