South Africa’s law that regulates the Interception of communications is being challenged on the basis it can be abused by rogue elements in intelligence.
According to FBI memos, King witnessed and encouraged a rape in a hotel room.
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King was once thought of as a saint beyond reproach. It eventually emerged that he was a womanizer. But we now have to ask the unthinkable: Did King enable abuse?
The Northern Territory government is expanding the CCTV surveillance network.
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Darwin is one of the aspiring ‘smart cities’ that is adopting Chinese technology that can identify and track individuals. Add changes in Australian law, and we have the makings of a surveillance state.
Are tracking technologies changing parenting?
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These days surveillance isn’t just CCTV. Police now have access to body cams, drones and facial recognition systems – and it’s helping police not only solve crime, but prevent it too.
Technology can significantly improve governments’ surveillance abilities.
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Chinese users have started posting sensitive materials, like documents of sexual assault, on the blockchain. But the government has taken its own steps to crack down on this practice.
Facial recognition is already in our schools.
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New technologies like facial recognition are coming – whether we like it or not. We can’t turn back the tide, but we can manage new technology to do the least harm and most good.
New legislation allows Australian government agencies to access encrypted WhatsApp messages.
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The government can access your phone metadata, drivers licence photo and much more. And new research shows Australians are OK about it. But that might change.
ClassDojo is an app used by teachers across the world to manage behaviour in the classroom.
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A new book examines the relationship between national security and access to information in Australia, New Zealand, US, UK and Canada, comparing it with other countries around the world.
Cairns has an extensive CCTV network, which as well as keeping homeless people under surveillance is sometimes used to help them.
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Surveillance often results in people who are homeless being the target of enforcement measures. But a new study in Cairns shows surveillance can also be used to achieve more positive social outcomes.
The Yard are hungry for data. We shouldn’t feed it.
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Some family members of aged care residents have resorted to hidden cameras to detect abuse and protect loved ones. But it’s legally murky and erodes the privacy of the resident, staff and visitors.
Where’s the next threat coming from? Whack it!
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As a resource-driven economy, Australia is not used to being at the pointy end of supply chains – and it feels as though we are managing risks and benefits of critical infrastructure on the fly.