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Category: Security

China’s Beidou Satellite Tech Challenges America’s GPS

In June 2020, the 55th and final satellite in the Beidou constellation…

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11 Dec 2020 Comments: 0

The Details Of Hacking (Part 2)

Piers talks hacking with Dr. Ian Storey, lecturer in information systems at…

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2 Oct 2020 Comments: 0

China’s Overseas Key Individuals Database Revealed

A leaked database known as the Overseas Key Individual Database suggests China…

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25 Sep 2020 Comments: 0

Vast Trove Of Human DNA Data Sold To Private Equity

Ancestry.com, a global network with 20 billion family history records and the…

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22 Aug 2020 Comments: 0

How Useful Is Australia’s COVIDSafe App?

Piers chats with technology expert Michael Simonetti about Australia’s COVIDSafe contact tracing…

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11 Aug 2020 Comments: 0

The Rise (And Rise) Of The Surveillance State

An in-depth look at China’s use of cutting-edge surveillance technology and artificial…

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30 May 2020 Comments: 0

Lingering Concerns Over The Privacy And Security Of Australia’s COVIDSafe App

Piers talks with Dr Ian Storey, a lecturer in Information Systems at…

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8 May 2020 Comments: 0

Chinese Tech Alliance To Challenge Google Play

Huawei, Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi are teaming up to create the Global…

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14 Feb 2020 Comments: 0

Microsoft Cuts Support For Windows 7 Leaving Millions Vulnerable

Software experts, including our own John Young, are urging Windows users to…

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1 Feb 2020 Comments: 0

US Lawmakers Concerned About Personal Data Hosted In China And Russia

There are mounting fears about foreign-made apps hoovering up sensitive personal data.…

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30 Dec 2019 Comments: 0

China’s All-Pervasive Facial Recognition

When you buy a smart phone in China, your face will be…

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14 Dec 2019 Comments: 0

Do We Really Have To Use Google Search?

Though Google search, thanks to its sheer size, offers the best search…

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11 Dec 2019 Comments: 0

After 50 years, US Strategic Air Command Retires Its Floppy Disks

The Air Force has completed an upgrade to its Strategic Automated Command…

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27 Nov 2019 Comments: 0

Australian Government Moves To Block Offshore Gambling Sites

The Australian Communications and Media Authority will block illegal offshore gambling websites.…

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19 Nov 2019 Comments: 0

Privacy Tested At Australian Borders

An Australian ex-pat was forced to reveal passwords and give Customs officials…

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13 Nov 2019 Comments: 0

The Way You Move Makes You Unique

A French-Australian study finds the way your muscle groups work together is…

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9 Nov 2019 Comments: 0

Ultra Hi-res Camera Can ID Every Face Among Thousands

A new Chinese-made camera has 4 times the resolution of the human…

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10 Oct 2019 Comments: 0

China’s Social Credit System Extended To Businesses

Fully operational in 2020, the comprehensive, AI-driven corporate ranking system will cover…

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3 Oct 2019 Comments: 0

Firefox Comes Standard With Ad Blocking

Version 69.0 of the popular browser has enhanced tracking protection, which significantly…

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17 Sep 2019 Comments: 0

The Automatic Listening Exploitation Act

Smart home devices like the Amazon Echo and Google Nest are super…

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16 Sep 2019 Comments: 0

Big Brother Likes To Watch

Billions of CCTV cameras now monitor cities across the world but don’t…

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2 Sep 2019 Comments: 0

Do You Really Want To Know What You’ll Like In 30 Years?

Popular Russian-based FaceApp uses machine learning and facial recognition technology to show…

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9 Aug 2019 Comments: 0

iPhone Security Called Into Question

Companies claiming to be able to crack iPhone security measures for law…

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1 Aug 2019 Comments: 0

Deepfaking – Putting Words In Your Mouth

“Imagine this for a second….whoever controls the data controls the future” –…

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17 Jun 2019 Comments: 0

Hacking Attempt On Beyond Infinity

John explains what happened when thousands of attempts, possibly originating in the…

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10 Jun 2019 Comments: 0

Sitting Duck – Ransomware Attack On City Of Baltimore

10,000 computers operated by City Hall continue to be locked up in…

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5 Jun 2019 Comments: 0

BlockOne Promises A Secure Version Of The Internet

Early investors in blockchain start-up Block.One stand to make 6,500% in 3…

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4 Jun 2019 Comments: 0

Bluetooth Security Flaws

The wireless technology is incredibly useful and integrated into a host of…

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30 May 2019 Comments: 0

Doing Away With Physical Passports

In the future, AI may decide if you are really you at…

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17 May 2019 Comments: 0

Google Crackdown On Ad Fraud

Prolific Chinese Android App developer DO Global has been banned from the…

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13 May 2019 Comments: 0

Porn Age Restrictions

Age-verification for online pornography will come into force on 15 July 2019…

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8 May 2019 Comments: 0

The Future Of Blockchain After Bitcoin

Is blockchain, the technology that underpins Bitcoin and other crypto currrencies, just…

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2 May 2019 Comments: 0

Alexa’s Been Listening

Despite assurances it’s secure and your privacy is protected, sources claim that…

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1 May 2019 Comments: 0

Can Viral Extremism Be Stopped?

In the wake of the Christchurch massacre, law makers around the world…

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5 Apr 2019 Comments: 0

UK Parliament Demands Tough Regulation Of Social Media

The Disinformation and ‘Fake News’ Final Report has been published on parliament.uk.…

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28 Mar 2019 Comments: 0

State Sponsored Cyber Warfare

Russia wants a ‘kill switch’ on its internet connection to the outside…

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8 Mar 2019 Comments: 0

AI For Mass Surveillance

Cyber security experts say the world’s democracies should fear the development of…

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1 Mar 2019 Comments: 0

Safer Internet Day 2019

Coinciding with Safer Internet Day which aims to create a better internet…

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20 Feb 2019 Comments: 0

Global Internet Infrastructure At Risk

Malicious software can cause enormous physical damage to older, insecure infrastructure. It…

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5 Feb 2019 Comments: 0

Instagram Memes Threaten Australian Democracy

Are elections downunder vulnerable to manipulation like the 2016 US election? Are…

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2 Feb 2019 Comments: 0

Government Encryption Bill Threatens The Future Of Tech In Australia

How the rushed Assistance and Access Bill 2018 risks job losses and…

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31 Dec 2018 Comments: 0

US Senate Report Details Russian Pro-Trump Disinformation Campaign

How Russia’s extended assault on US democracy used computational propaganda to mislead…

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27 Dec 2018 Comments: 0

Tis The Season To Be Scamming

Whether it’s fake texts from Australia Post, threatening robo calls from the…

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22 Dec 2018 Comments: 0

Assistance And Access Bill Threatens Encryption Security For All

With Opposition support, the Australian Government has rushed through new laws to…

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10 Dec 2018 Comments: 0

The Resurgence Of Internet Piracy

Fragmentation of quality programming among different streaming services is causing more people…

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19 Nov 2018 Comments: 0

The Defunct Google Plus Service Was Hacked In March 2018

Google Plus, Google’s failed social networking platform, suffered a significant security breach…

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26 Oct 2018 Comments: 0

Project Dragonfly – Is Google Helping Chinese Censorship?

In an effort to tap China’s 750 million internet users, Google has…

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18 Oct 2018 Comments: 0

Wannacry Malware Traced Back To North Korean Hacker

One of the biggest and most damaging malware attacks of the past…

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4 Oct 2018 Comments: 0

Audit Finds WA Government Agencies Vulnerable To Cyber Crime

The widespread use of weak or common passwords among the general public…

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4 Sep 2018 Comments: 0

Unlock Your Phone Or Face 10 Years Jail

Tougher screening laws at airports in Australia mean you can be required…

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3 Sep 2018 Comments: 0
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Beyond Infinity RPPFM Radio Port Phillip

On 31st August 2020, a group of thirteen senior Melbourne doctors signed an open letter to Victorian Premier Dan Andrews expressing deep concern with the government’s handling of the corona virus pandemic. Five days later, 491 other medical practitioners, mainly from Melbourne, had added their signatures to the letter, which describes the government policy of stage 4 lockdown as “ill-focussed, heavy-handed and unjustifiable”. It calls for a more pragmatic, common sense approach.

We talk with Geoff Wells, an honorary consultant urologist at Melbourne’s Box Hill Hospital, who organised of the letter. Geoff reckons the effects of prolonged isolation – depression, neglected pre-existing illnesses, increased rates of suicide and devastating financial hardship, could be worse than the corona virus itself.

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Piers discusses the Australian Government's new COVIDSafe app with digital marketer Michael Simonetti (AndMine). Will enough people use the virus tracking app? What are the privacy considerations? And if we’re all on Facebook, does it even matter? Is this expensive, high-tech app solution really any more effective than New Zealand’s paper and pen contact diary approach? To understand the issues at stake, Michael reckons we need to educate ourselves about the technology.

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