Tag: Electronic Frontiers Foundation

eSafety proposal faces pushback over encryption risk

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
Tech giants and privacy groups have rallied against a proposal to force companies to scan cloud and messaging services for illegal and harmful content in Australia, arguing for changes...

Expect more web regulation after Apple’s photo move

Posted on   |  by Ben Grubb
Opinion: When I started in tech journalism more than a decade ago in 2010, I revealed that the federal government was considering introducing metadata retention. The changes meant select...

‘Weak, dysfunctional’: Privacy office needs more money

Posted on   |  by Denham Sadler
Australia’s privacy office is “weak” and “dysfunctional” and requires significant additional funding and resources to adequately carry out its important roles, according to submissions to the federal government’s Privacy...

Big Tech data gets opened up

Posted on   |  by James Riley
The federal government is looking to quickly sign a new bilateral agreement with the US that would allow local authorities with a warrant to directly access user data held...