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We blog regularly about the future of digital identity and data protection, the fraught state of cybersecurity and privacy, and messes like blockchain, software engineering, and social media.

The security joke is on us all

Every now and then, a large organisation in the media spotlight will experience the special...

Digital Disruption – Melbourne

Ray Wang tells us now that writing a book and launching a company are incredibly...

You can de-identify but you can’t hide

Acknowledgement: Daniel Barth-Jones kindly engaged with me after this blog was initially published, and pointed...

Identity Management Moves from Who to What

The State Of Identity Management in 2015 Constellation Research recently launched the “State of Enterprise...

There’s nothing precise about Precision Medicine

The media gets excited about gene therapy. With the sequencing of genomes becoming ever cheaper...

The latest FIDO Alliance research

I have just updated my periodic series of research reports on the FIDO Alliance. The...

Correspondence in Nature magazine

I had a letter to the editor published in Nature on big data and privacy....

What do privacy’s critics have to hide?

Yawn. Alexander Nazaryan in Newsweek (March 22) has penned yet another tirade against privacy. His...

Card Not Present fraud shows no sign of turning

The Australian Payments Clearing Association (APCA) releases card fraud statistics every six months for the...

The Google Advisory Council

In May 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) ruled that under European law, people...