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The privacy risks of facial recognition in apartment building entry systems
The convenience of walking up to your apartment building and having the door unlock as it recognises your face feels like something out of a tech brochure. In…
yourself from people search sites in Australia
When someone searches your name in Sydney, Melbourne, or anywhere else across the country, they may find your home address, phone number, relatives' names, and…
What online appointment scheduling tools actually do with your data
Booking a dentist in Sydney, a physio in Melbourne, or a tradie in Brisbane often starts with a few taps on a screen. The convenience feels invisible, but…
How body-worn police cameras are reshaping public privacy
Body-worn cameras were sold to the public as a transparency measure. After high-profile misconduct cases in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, state police forces…
Faraday cages and remote access: shielding your devices from signals
The smartphone in your pocket is rarely idle. Even when the screen is dark, the modem negotiates with the nearest cell tower, the Wi-Fi chip broadcasts probe…
When health tracking becomes insurance surveillance
A smartwatch can count steps, estimate sleep, record a heart rate and remind its owner to move. In an insurance program, those apparently helpful functions can…
What Your ISP Knows About You Even With a VPN
A subscription to a commercial virtual private network has become almost as routine for Australians as paying for mobile data. From Sydney offices to Perth…
Where The EU-US Data Privacy Framework Leaves Gaps
The EU-US Data Privacy Framework (DPF) was designed to make transatlantic data transfers workable again after the Court of Justice of the European Union…
How to tell if your smart TV is listening to your conversations
The television used to be a dumb box. It sat in the corner, took up half the lounge room wall, and did one thing reasonably well. Now it is a connected…
Biometric Data in School Lunches Raises Serious Privacy Concerns
Around the country, primary school canteens are quietly trading cash trays for fingerprint readers, palm scanners and facial recognition cameras. The pitch to…