Central bank digital currencies are the latest front in the culture wars

Central bank digital currencies are the latest front in the culture wars

Could a central bank use a digital currency to ration petrol,or stop Americans buying guns? A prospective US presidential candidate thinks they would.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz

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‘Deeply problematic’:Media companies slam Privacy Act review

‘Deeply problematic’:Media companies slam Privacy Act review

Media companies are warning the government against proposed reforms to the Privacy Act,claiming it would prevent journalists from doing their jobs.

  • byZoe Samios
Ninety minutes that exposed thousands of Service NSW customers

Ninety minutes that exposed thousands of Service NSW customers

As Service NSW updated its website,customers who were logged in had their personal details exposed.

  • byOlivia Ireland
Mind the start button
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Mind the start button

Rock bottom conversions for a leisurely drive on the right.

UK bans TikTok from all government phones over spying capability

UK bans TikTok from all government phones over spying capability

The move is in response to growing concerns that users’ sensitive data could be accessed by the authorities in Beijing.

  • byRob Harris
It’s not xenophobic to call time on TikTok,it’s vital
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It’s not xenophobic to call time on TikTok,it’s vital

Most major social media apps,regardless of their country of origin,pose risks of data harvesting and content manipulation. But TikTok is different.

  • byFergus Ryan
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Corporate creeps on notice to stop stalking us online
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Corporate creeps on notice to stop stalking us online

Australia may soon align itself with the EU where individual privacy is prioritised over companies’ rights to harvest our digital data.

  • byPeter Lewis
‘We don’t have any privacy anymore’,says inventor of the mobile phone

‘We don’t have any privacy anymore’,says inventor of the mobile phone

Martin Cooper frets like everybody else about his invention’s impacts on society — from the loss of privacy to the risk of internet addiction to the rapid spread of harmful content,especially among kids.

  • byKelvin Chan
Privacy under threat:Why we should all worry about the growing spyware trade

Privacy under threat:Why we should all worry about the growing spyware trade

Infamous cyberweapon Pegasus is so powerful that it makes every person on the planet with a mobile phone potentially vulnerable.

  • byAntony Loewenstein
The privacy proposal that could suppress unflattering but true stories

The privacy proposal that could suppress unflattering but true stories

Privacy lawsuits overseas have been used to suppress details of a banking boss’s affair and bankrupt an outlet that reported a wrestler’s sex tape.

  • byNick Bonyhady
‘Right to erasure’ on table as privacy reforms flagged

‘Right to erasure’ on table as privacy reforms flagged

A new right to erasure is among more than 100 proposals for reform to Australia’s privacy laws following a years-long review by government.

  • byLisa Visentin