Privacy

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RIOT gear: your online trail just got way more visible

Tama Leaver | 18 February 2013 |

tags: online privacy, privacy, social media

You are probably leaving clues galore about your life on the internet.

“Privacy is for paedos”

Michael Cook | 04 December 2012 |

tags: journalism, Leveson Inquiry, media, privacy

At the heart of this gigantic report are unanswered questions about the nature of privacy.

Your face is familiar, but not enough to log you on

Karl D. Stephan | 16 October 2012 |

tags: internet, privacy, technology

Technology that identifies people by their faces, their gait, or even their odour is being touted as an alternative to computer passwords. Think again.

What is there to hide?

Margaret Somerville | 04 June 2012 |

tags: abortion, Canada, democracy, privacy

Canadian democracy is the loser after Ontario amended its freedom of information act to exempt abortion statistics.

A clear and present danger

Michael Cook | 10 December 2010 |

tags: internet, privacy, Wikileaks

Why are we letting an anarchist write the rules for internet privacy?

Facebook and privacy: less is better

Matt Bowman | 03 May 2010 |

tags: Facebook, privacy, social networking

Making the Web social by default would be a vaccine against Internet Tough Guy Syndrome.

Are we sleepwalking into a surveillance society?

Geoffrey Hunt | 27 April 2010 |

tags: biometrics, privacy

Although it is undoubtedly useful, personal identity technology could potentially lend itself to the gradual erosion of democracy and support for an authoritarian, protective state.

Facing up to grown-up responsibilities

Alex Perrottet | 13 March 2010 |

tags: Facebook, privacy, social networking

Facebook has 400 million users. How responsible is it for the behaviour of its growing number of vandals and thugs?