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Thinking of using a VPN? Check the privacy policy first 22 Aug 2013 | 01:38 am
Image courtesy IVPN With new threats to online freedoms appearing with frightening regularity (from SOPA to ACTA, and from the TPP to the recent PRISM scandal), it's logical to assume internet users ...
Electoral silence on digital rights from both politicians and journalists 19 Aug 2013 | 06:55 am
This article by EFA Board Member Sean Rintel was originally published on The Conversation. See the original article . We’ve had #stopthenotes, #suppositories, and #sexappeal to keep us amused, but s...
Fair Use is NOT Theft 11 Aug 2013 | 10:10 am
Fair Use logo. Image: Wikimedia The following post is a response from EFA Board Member Angela Daly to an article by Linda Jaivin, ‘Long story short: Fair Use is theft by any other name’ that was publ...
3D Printing: legal and regulatory issues 8 Aug 2013 | 12:32 pm
Recently. EFA board member Angela Daly presented to Deakin Law School on the issue of ‘legal and regulatory issues for 3D printing’. After a brief description of how 3D printers work as well as the 3...
XKeyscore: collects 'nearly everything a user does on the internet' 1 Aug 2013 | 01:34 pm
Edward Snowden's latest leak confirms the existence of an NSA program that allows analysts to search through vast databases about internet user's activity without any prior authorisation. This program...
Human Rights and Communications Surveillance 18 Jul 2013 | 11:18 am
Electronic Frontiers Australia this week signed onto the International Principles of the Application of Human Rights to Communications Surveillance, a set of international due process principles desig...
Saturday 6th July - National Day of Action: Protect our Privacy 1 Jul 2013 | 01:40 am
The privacy of all Australians is at threat like never before. These threats include: The US' global surveillance apparatus, including PRISM Federal Police are accessing phone and internet records u...
Online surveillance: what is the Australian government hiding? 19 Jun 2013 | 06:43 am
EFA has suspected since the existence of the NSA’s global internet surveillance program PRISM was revealed recently by whistleblower Ed Snowden, that Australian intelligence agencies have been receivi...
Online surveillance: what is the Australian government hiding? 19 Jun 2013 | 06:43 am
Satellite groundstation. Image: Wutsje (Wikimedia) EFA has suspected since the existence of the NSA’s global internet surveillance program PRISM was revealed recently by whistleblower Ed Snowden, tha...
EFA Evaluation: Australia Post Digital Mailbox beta privacy policy 18 Jun 2013 | 06:00 am
Australians can now register for the beta version of Australia Post Digital Mailbox. The service allows mail to be sent to you digitally, to pay bills, and aims to be your go-to storage solution for t...
