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Vast Trove Of Human DNA Data Sold To Private Equity
Ancestry.com, a global network with 20 billion family history records and the…
How Useful Is Australia’s COVIDSafe App?
Piers chats with technology expert Michael Simonetti about Australia’s COVIDSafe contact tracing…
Lingering Concerns Over The Privacy And Security Of Australia’s COVIDSafe App
Piers talks with Dr Ian Storey, a lecturer in Information Systems at…
Are We Cool With The COVIDSafe App?
Piers discusses the Australian Government’s new COVIDSafe app with digital marketer Michael…
Chinese Tech Alliance To Challenge Google Play
Huawei, Oppo, Vivo and Xiaomi are teaming up to create the Global…
US Lawmakers Concerned About Personal Data Hosted In China And Russia
There are mounting fears about foreign-made apps hoovering up sensitive personal data.…
Should A Double Murderer Be Forgotten?
After serving a lengthy jail term, a German criminal wants Der Spiegel…
China’s All-Pervasive Facial Recognition
When you buy a smart phone in China, your face will be…
Do We Really Have To Use Google Search?
Though Google search, thanks to its sheer size, offers the best search…
Suspicionless Device Searches Ruled Illegal
In an important opinion on privacy at borders, US District Court Judge…
AI Drones Monitoring Music Festivals
The Eye in the Sky program, a drone surveillance system developed in…
China Limits Time Young People Spend Gaming
Concerned about adverse social effects, the government is introducing strict limits on…
Privacy Tested At Australian Borders
An Australian ex-pat was forced to reveal passwords and give Customs officials…
Ultra Hi-res Camera Can ID Every Face Among Thousands
A new Chinese-made camera has 4 times the resolution of the human…
The Automatic Listening Exploitation Act
Smart home devices like the Amazon Echo and Google Nest are super…
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…
China’s “Deadbeat” Map
An app-based ‘deadbeat debtors’ map can warn users if they’re in close…
The Do-Not-Track Act of 2019
Search engine DuckDuckGo proposes a new law which would compel big internet…
Porn Age Restrictions
Age-verification for online pornography will come into force on 15 July 2019…
Alexa’s Been Listening
Despite assurances it’s secure and your privacy is protected, sources claim that…
Government Encryption Bill Threatens The Future Of Tech In Australia
How the rushed Assistance and Access Bill 2018 risks job losses and…
Assistance And Access Bill Threatens Encryption Security For All
With Opposition support, the Australian Government has rushed through new laws to…
Unlock Your Phone Or Face 10 Years Jail
Tougher screening laws at airports in Australia mean you can be required…
Careful What You Type – Questions About Security Of 3rd Party Keyboard Apps
Despite clear benefits to typing speed, there are privacy considerations when using…
App Developers Are Reading Your Gmail
Google engineers and third-party app developers are given permission to read the…
Australia Launches Myhealthrecord Online Database Amid Privacy Concerns
With almost 6 million Australians already signed on, 13,000 health professionals connected…
Weekly News From Beyond Infinity 3/7/18
Our weekly news round-up: New Facebook patent describes how a TV ad…
Apple Gets Serious About Digital Health
At WWDC 2018, the company foreshadowed changes coming soon in iOS 12,…
Weekly News From Beyond Infinity 29/5/18
Our weekly news round-up: How to find out what Apple and Google…
Europe’s New GDPR Privacy Rules
If you’ve received updated terms of service emails lately from the likes…
The Omnipresence Of Facial Recognition Technology
There are rising concerns over the unfettered use of the technology. How…
Weekly News From Beyond Infinity 27/3/18
Our weekly news round-up: Elon Musk backs #deletefacebook campaign by taking down…
Privacy Doubts Over Virtual Assistants
Where do devices like Google Home, Home Pod or Alexa store all…
Strava’s Incredible Global Heat Map
The popular sports app’s visualisation of its global network of athletes shows…
Weekly News From Beyond Infinity 5/12/17
Our weekly news round-up: Study confirms flies are an oft overlooked vector…
The Longer Arm Of The Law
The South Australian Government plans to legislate for mandatory police access to…
Weekly News From Beyond Infinity 21/11/17
Our weekly news round-up: Scientists message ET and ask for a reply…
Taming Google’s All Seeing Eye
How to view and manage the tech monster’s info on you. See…
Wikileaks Vault 7: The Post-Privacy World
In Part 3 of our series on Wikileaks’ Vault 7 release, we…
More from Wikileaks Vault 7 – Dark Matter
In Part 2 of our series on this massive leak, we discuss…
A Facebook Reckoning In The Wind?
The social titan faces a groundswell of concern over the super granular…
Weekly News From Beyond Infinity 28/3/17
Our weekly news round-up: Cassini radar images of transient lake features on…
Weekly News From Beyond Infinity 14/7/17
Our weekly news round-up: Japanese drones to pollinate crops in place of…
Instagram’s TOS Simplified
A UK law firm has translated Instagram’s terms of service so anyone…
Australia’s Biggest Data Breach
The personal information of 550,000 Australian Red Cross blood donors has been…
Beyond Infinity Weekly News 05/07/16
Our weekly news round-up: Bose build-your-own bluetooth speaker for kids; Headphones tailored…
Weekly News From Beyond Infinity 06/04/16
Our weekly news round-up: New services to help property buyers; Flying Selfies;…
Dreaded ‘Error 53’ Message Resolved
Apple bows to customer pressure with an iOS update to address instances…
Apple Vs The FBI
To help with a US terror investigation, the FBI demands that Apple…