Who’s using your Facebook?
WHEN Moosa looked at his phone and saw someone typing from his account, he was terrified. He was just one victim of state-sanctioned global spying.
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The dark trade in revenge porn
A TECH journalist who researched the sickening trend has revealed the ways in which malware, blackmail and treacherous ex-partners can ruin lives.
The darknet: Secret cause of identity theft?
MORE than 772,000 Australians have fallen victim to identity theft in the past 12 months, and these darknet websites may be to blame.
The new way celebs are being blackmailed
A CANADIAN company has been accused of using the new ‘. sucks’ domain name to extract exorbitant sums from celebrities.
The NSA has a room for watching porn
WHILE it may seem strange, the NSA has set up a surveillance room specifically for watching hardcore pornography.
Which country blocked social media?
ONE country has blocked access to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube over the publication of an image controversially labelled “terrorist propaganda”. Which is it?
$100K job graduates don’t want
IT WAS once considered the dream job. But since they found out what they’d actually be expected to do, many university graduates aren’t so sure.
It’s a bust for Street View boob flasher
SHE enjoyed a week in the limelight after flashing her K-cup breasts at a Google camera car and having them posted online. But things have not ended well for Karen Davis.
ISIS shows how to dodge net scrutiny
AUSTRALIAN terror supporters have been handed explicit instructions on how to avoid leaving a digital fingerprint.
World leaders’ personal details leaked
PERSONAL details of every world leader attending the Brisbane G20 summit were accidentally leaked by Australia’s immigration department, and they were kept in the dark about it.
Close my Facebook accounts? What?!
A CASE before European Court of Justice is calling for radical changes following Edward Snowden’s revelations of surveillance by the NSA.
Metadata laws pass Parliament
AUSTRALIANS will have two years of their metadata stored by phone providers after the government’s controversial data retention laws passed Parliament.
7 easy ways around metadata laws
THINK Malcolm Turnbull’s metadata laws are too tough? Don’t worry, the Communications Minister has helpfully listed at least seven ways you can get dodge them.
You could soon pay for stuff with selfies
SOON we may no longer need our wallets to pay for anything. A selfie might be all we need. At least that’s what Chinese internet tycoon Jack Ma is hoping will happen.
Kids committing sex crimes on the rise
BAD IMAGES are being blamed for a steep rise in the number of children sexually assaulting other children, experts say.
Why is there no law against this?
FOR MANY, it’s the ultimate betrayal, ruins reputations and causes untold harm. And Australian lawmakers are just letting it happen.
This could be really bad news for your privacy
EVERY call you make. Every email you send. They’ll be watching you. The government’s controversial data retention laws have passed the lower house. This is what it means.
Don’t mess with this cyber-cop
AUSTRALIA has a new cyber-cop, who will be empowered to slap big social media companies with fines of up to $17,000 a day and go after internet trolls.
Retinal scanning for Windows 10
IF you thought Apple’s TouchID was impressive then wait till you see what Windows 10 has in store.
America knows you’re reading this
BIG Brother is watching whether you like it or not. And despite the majority of us being opposed to mass surveillance, there’s nothing we can do it about, a new poll reveals.
Snowden: ‘That won’t stop terror attacks’
TERROR attacks like the Sydney siege and Charlie Hedbo won’t be stopped by metadata collection says Edward Snowden.
Aussie caught in huge internet drug bust
FORMER Brisbane resident Peter Nash has pleaded guilty in a New York court to drug and money laundering charges through the black market website Silk Road.
‘Freak’ encryption bug could put millions at risk
WATCH out. Software giant Microsoft has issued a security warning claiming million of people may be at risk of losing data.
Sinister world of online photo theft
WHEN Lara Kelly decided to blog her body transformation three years ago, she had no idea she would be unintentionally caught up in a number of online scams.
‘Everyone should be calm and Zen’
MALCOLM Turnbull has told MPs their phones were not hacked after activists bombarded them with texts, suggesting more secure apps for private exchanges.
How an app could bring down Tony Abbott
IT’S been called Snapchat for grown ups and it could just be the hi-tech tool that will bring down the Prime Minister.
The deadly high killing our kids
DEADLY drugs are hitting our streets, and they just keep coming. Freely available, most are undetectable and authorities are struggling to keep up.
Public’s revenge: Death by e-mail
AN AUSTRALIAN activist group has launched a campaign to give the country’s top attorney exactly what he wants. But he isn’t likely to be very happy about it.
Google back down on porn ruling
GOOGLE has reversed proposed rules to remove sexually explicit content from its Blogger platform.
Find out what your digital footprint means
MOST of us go about our daily lives blissfully unaware we are continually building an online portrait of ourselves. But, what exactly does this mean?
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