Once analysts gain access to our private data, they can use that information to influence and alter our behaviour and choices. If you’re marginalized in some way, the consequences are worse.
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While it may be difficult to enact a global set of regulations on surveillance technologies, individual countries can take the lead with enhanced monitoring and stronger laws.
A UK court recently ruled that a man’s smart doorbell invaded his neighbour’s privacy, and he now faces being required to pay damages. But this kind of situation is avoidable.
Governments are purposefully using laws that lack clarity, or ignore laws completely, to carry out illegal surveillance of their citizens.
Behavioural control is poised to become a new resource for employers and the real estate industry.
Privacy, security, access and design will need to be monitored as the UK moves to ‘appify’ public services.
The COVID-19 pandemic has meant an increased dependence on digital technologies. However, this comes with a serious threat to our personal privacy and property.
Borders continue to be the setting of various migration management experiments at the expense of people’s rights.
Sweeping police powers for online surveillance and hacking raise concerns over privacy and security.
China has used big data collection systems to keep COVID under control. How the government plans to use these new capabilities in its national surveillance system has many concerned.
It’s reported the Pegasus spyware can capture a user’s keystrokes, intercept communications, track their device and tap into their camera and microphone.
Smart street furniture can do a lot of things at once. Some of these functions offer the public clear benefits, but the data collection and surveillance capabilities raise a number of concerns.
A wider understanding of cultural values will be crucial to the successful implementation of contact-tracing technology across the world.
We believe fitness trackers keep us healthy, and connected toys keep children safe – but such devices are easily abused.
The murky blobs visible with today’s wall-penetrating radar could soon give way to detailed images of people and things on the other side of a wall – and even measure people’s breathing and heart rate.
Police, private security and sporting events are turning to a growing but largely unregulated industry that claims its technology can detect suspicious individuals.
A key component in any planning around encampments is the voice of people with lived experience. It is clear the go-to response of policing is not working.
Each province and district in South Africa has allocated persons responsible for investigating adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination.
COVID-19 vaccine passports are being presented as a relatively simple technological solution to our current travel woes. But meaningful public debate about their merits and problems is essential.
Interviews with students, tutors, tech workers and university administrators reveal the problems with online exam monitoring systems — but also show they’re unlikely to go away.
Top contributors
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Associate Professor in Telecommunications Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology
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Research Director of the Security and Surveillance Research group; Professor, The University of Queensland
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Digital Society, University of Glasgow
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Senior Researcher and Project Manager, Advanced Surveillance Project, Data61
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Associate Professor, School of Law, University of Canberra
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Research engineer, Advanced Surveillance Project, Data61
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Senior Lecturer in Technology, The Open University
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Visiting Professor of Law, University of Richmond
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Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Justice, University of South Australia
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Professor of Global Legal Studies, Birmingham Law School, University of Birmingham
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Head, The Cyber Academy, Edinburgh Napier University
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Lecturer in Technology and Crime, Griffith University, Griffith University
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology, University of Tasmania
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Professor and Director, Centre for Research into Information, Surveillance and Privacy, University of Stirling
