Throughout your lifetime, you or someone you trusted has unwittingly given up many aspects of your biometric and other personal data so that your digital […]
Australian Payments Plus’ (AP+) – the vehicle for digital identity initiatives of BPAY and eftpos – has claimed support from all ‘big four’ banks for its ConnectID platform.
In the 12 months since the Australian Government first launched the Digital Economy Strategy in Budget 2021-22, Australians have continued to enthusiastically embrace digital technologies. Amidst the challenges and uncertainties of the COVID-19 pandemic, increased digital uptake has supported businesses to continue to operate and grow and helped Australians stay connected.
A world-first educational tool to help students grow their digital literacy skills and bridge the digital divide in regions with low levels of digital inclusion is being launched.
The Foundation, has partnered with two global leaders in digital intelligence and technology to launch […]
Petition the US Supreme Court.
The Wikimedia Foundation, the nonprofit behind Wikipedia, has petitioned the US Supreme Court to review a legal challenge to NSA’s mass surveillance of communications of US citizens with people overseas. In the litigation, Wikimedia is being represented […]
The Reserve Bank of Australia will trial its own digital currency as part of a research project to evaluate […]
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The Reserve Bank of Australia has announced the trial of a new Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC).
The RBA says it “would be a new digital form of money issued by the Reserve Bank. It could be designed […]
Controversial plans.
Lawmakers are calling on the Federal Reserve to issue a digital dollar, arguing digital currencies issued by countries like China threaten the status of the US dollar as the global reserve currency.
A bipartisan group of lawmakers, […]
To suppress dissent.
Pakistan Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah Khan warned supporters of recently-ousted prime minister Imran Khan whose behavior could be considered “harassment and heckling” that they could have their biometric ID apps blocked, according to a report by The Nation.
Collecting massive amounts of data.
The Irish Council for Civil Liberties has launched a class action lawsuit against Oracle’s worldwide surveillance machine. Tech companies have claimed to have “detailed dossiers on 5 billion people,” and generates $42.4 billion in annual revenue, according […]
