Law enforcement in Australia’s Queensland must report interactions with ‘extremists’ to counter-terror teams
The Queensland police are required to report interactions with people who “allegedly hold a range of ideological beliefs” including “conspiracy theorists,” according to an email sent to all members of the Queensland Police Service on Thursday […]
Sydney: SMART CITY EXPO
Smart City Expo combines the power of co-located conference with state-of-the-art expo floor in order to educate people towards smart cities and urban planning technologies, strive for innovation, promote business and connect thousands of attendees from […]
Now is a good time to stop using insecure SMS 2-factor authentication for Twitter (and everything else)
When SMS (Short Message Service) text messaging was invented, it wasn’t designed to be used as a security method. However, that didn’t stop developers from using it as one, with platforms sending users security codes to access […]
The sudden global push for age verification to end online anonymity and drive digital ID uptake
Several US states are taking cues from Europe and tackling what the World Economic Forum calls the “problem” of online anonymity. All under the premise of keeping children safe.
Anonymity online, long considered by civil rights groups as a fundamental […]
Russian journalist is jailed for sharing “fake news” on social media
Russian journalist Maria Ponomarenko was found guilty of spreading “fake news” and sentenced to six years for posting on social media that Russian warplanes attacked a theater in Mariupol, Ukraine. […]
10 Practical Steps to Stop Implementation of CBDCs
Central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs, are government-backed digital currencies issued by a central bank. They’re being rapidly rolled out to bring about a new economic transaction system that could lead to a new form of modern-day slavery.
UK: GP practices face losing up to £66k in child immunisation payments
Exclusive Stricter targets will see a number of GP practices lose tens of thousands in income from child immunisations – including one […]
Inside The Obscure Russian Agency That Censors The Internet
In the first half of October 2022, employees of an obscure Russian government department working out of a small business center in northeast Moscow were worried about the weather.
Not Moscow’s weather, but rather weather in four regions of Ukraine that President Vladimir Putin a couple weeks earlier had summarily […]
Windows 11 is collecting more user data than you know
Third-party organizations now have your data, too.
- YouTuber compares the privacy of Windows 11 to its two-decade-old counterpart, Windows XP.
- The result is jarring and eerie, as Windows 11 is seen collecting more user data and sharing them with third-party websites.