Welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism
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Welcome to the age of surveillance capitalism

The big Japanese investment bank Mizuho predicts digital assistants will generate $US11 billion a year by next year.

  • byPeter Hartcher

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Are we prepared to pay Beijing's high price for prosperity?
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Are we prepared to pay Beijing's high price for prosperity?

Australia should understand the values of the rising new superpower are very different from the old.

  • byChris Uhlmann
Why would a'sophisticated'foreign hacker bother with the very unsophisticated Australian politics?

Why would a'sophisticated'foreign hacker bother with the very unsophisticated Australian politics?

Whoever is behind it proved sophisticated enough at least to figure there was no point in hacking Pauline Hanson’s One Nation.

  • byTony Wright
Australia's major political parties hacked in'sophisticated'attack ahead of election

Australia's major political parties hacked in'sophisticated'attack ahead of election

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has revealed that major political parties were hacked alongside the parliamentary computer network several weeks ago by a"sophisticated state actor".

  • byDavid Wroe andChris Uhlmann
Dangerous overreach on encryption leaves'backdoor'open for criminals
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Dangerous overreach on encryption leaves'backdoor'open for criminals

Australia’s encryption laws represent a dangerous overreach by the federal government and create more problems than they solve.

  • byDamian Cronan
Why I won't fall victim to blackmail. Not this week anyhow
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Why I won't fall victim to blackmail. Not this week anyhow

Anyone who asks for money,documents or passwords. Call them. Check them out. Ask if they know the location of your birthmark.

  • byJenna Price
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Scott Morrison's website taken over by troll,now plays lewd rock song

Scott Morrison's website taken over by troll,now plays lewd rock song

Prime Minister Scott Morrison's personal website has been taken over and now plays a lewd rock song called'Scotty Doesn't Know'.

State government hacked in massive computer network attacks

State government hacked in massive computer network attacks

The WA government has revealed details of millions of malicious attempts to hack into its information networks.

  • byNathan Hondros
'Cyberspace is not the Wild West':Australia targets Russian government over spate of attacks

'Cyberspace is not the Wild West':Australia targets Russian government over spate of attacks

Australia has joined allies in condemning an"indiscriminate and reckless"global campaign of cyber attacks.

  • byFergus Hunter
Cyber bullying needs to be on school curriculum,says eSafety Commissioner

Cyber bullying needs to be on school curriculum,says eSafety Commissioner

Australia's eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant has called for cyber bullying to be addressed in the national school curriculum,after the agency's latest data revealed that one in five young people have been targeted online.

  • byDana McCauley
Data breach:Aussie company apologises to Tories

Data breach:Aussie company apologises to Tories

The personal data of senior Conservative Party ministers was revealed after an embarrassing data breach before the party's conference.

  • byLatika Bourke