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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.
Personal Information: What’s it all ‘about’?
For the past few years, a crucial case has been playing out in Australia’s legal...
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May
May
Almost everything you read about the blockchain is wrong
Almost everything you read about the blockchain is wrong. No new technology since the Internet...
03
May
May
Uniquely difficult
I was talking with government identity strategists earlier this week. We were circling (yet again)...
Card Not Present Fraud up another 25% YOY
The Australian Payments Clearing Association (APCA) releases card fraud statistics every six months for the...
The last thing privacy needs is new laws
World Wide Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has given a speech in London, re-affirming the...
The Privacy Shield – another blunt weapon
For many years, American businesses have enjoyed a bit of special treatment under European data...
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Mar
Mar
Finding friends gets a little harder
The highest court in Germany has ruled that Facebook’s “Find Friends” function is unlawful there....
Weak links in the Blockchain
One of the silliest things I’ve read yet about blockchain came out in Business Insider...
A brush with fame (not)
Wired thinks it has unmasked Bitcoin inventor Satoshi Nakamoto as an Australian security personality Craig...
The Economist’s take on blockchain
An unpublished letter to the editor of The Economist. November 1, 2015 Just as generalists...