Tag Archive for: "surveillance"
The illusion of freedom in the digital age

Over the last few weeks, media around the world have been saturated with stories about how technology is destroying politics. In autocracies like China, the fear is of ultra-empowered Big Brother states, like that in …

Apple, Face ID and privacy

I’ve seen a number of crazy media pieces arguing that Apple’s Face ID technology has privacy implications and will enable government mass surveillance. I disagree, and I think there’s a more sensible way to think …

ASPI suggests

15 years since 9/11 and stories from the days, months and years that followed continue to leach out into the world. One of the most remarkable to emerge this week was POLITICO Magazine’s oral history …

Cyber wrap

There were some high-powered bilateral discussions about cyber incidents this week, with Barack Obama meeting Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the G20 in China. Following the Putin meet, Obama sought to …