metadata
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We Have More To Worry About Than Samsung’s Smart TV Privacy Policy
The world has gone nuts today, over a story that says Samsung is spying on us in our living rooms via its Smart TV software. Lines have been drawn between a scary caveat in a privacy policy and George Orwell’s 1984, and we’re being warned about how we’re losing ourselves to technology all over again.…
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This Week In Your Metadata: Government Wants It, Telcos Don’t Mind
A Federal Government committee met in Canberra yesterday and today to talk about mandatory retention of your telecommunications metadata for (at least) two years, bringing in telecommunications companies and industry groups to share their thoughts and to face grilling from a line-up of senators and MPs. The general gist? It looks like the data retention…
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AG Brandis Using Paris, Sydney Attacks To Push Metadata Laws
Well this is a little off-colour: in the wake of attacks in Paris that saw the murder of 12 Charlie Hedbo staffers and four hostages, and a so-called ‘lone-wolf’ attack in Sydney that left two people dead a few weeks ago, Attorney General George Brandis is using terror as a platform to push the government’s…
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George Brandis: We Won’t Use Metadata To Catch Pirates, Honest
The Government is on a massive sales drive this month, trying to convince the Australian people that a mandatory metadata retention scheme is a good idea, despite the fact that the country’s most senior federal policeman said his agency would use it to chase pirates. Attorney General George Brandis went on national television last night…