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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.

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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.

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FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2015 file photo, singer Taylor Swift attends the SNL 40th Anniversary Special in New York. Swift, Microsoft Corp. Harvard University are among those buying up .porn and .adult Web suffixes as a pre-emptive move before those domain names become available this summer. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, is making Internet address suffixes beyond the usual .com or .org available for people and businesses to use. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

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

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.

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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?

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$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

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.

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ISIS shows how to dodge net scrutiny

ISIS shows how to dodge net scrutiny

AUSTRALIAN terror supporters have been handed explicit instructions on how to avoid leaving a digital fingerprint.

epa04129211 (FILE) A file picture dated 18 June 2012 shows US President Barack Obama (R) talking with Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) during their meeting at Esperansa hotel prior G20 summit in Los Cabos, Mexico. More than 95 per cent of Crimeans voted for the Ukrainian region's accession to Russia in a controversial referendum on 16 March, according to preliminary results. The White House on 16 March 2014 said that President Obama told his Russian counterpart that the US would not recognize the Crimean vote as it violated the Ukrainian constitution. Furthermore, the US were 'prepared to impose additional costs on Russia for its actions.' EPA/ALEXEI NIKOLSKY/RIA NOVOSTI/KREMLIN POOL *** Local Caption *** 50394581

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.

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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.

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Attorney-General George Brandis in Senate Question Time in the Senate Chamber, Parliament House in Canberra.

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.

Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull responds during Question Time in the House of Representatives, Federal Parliament, Canberra.

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.

The founder and executive chairman of Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group, Jack Ma, holds a smartphone while he adresses his speech during the official opening of the CeBIT technology fair in Hanover, central Germany, on March 15, 2015. The CeBIt runs from March 16 till 20. AFP PHOTO / TOBIAS SCHWARZ

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.

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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.

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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.

A sunburned Attorney-General George Brandis waits for US President Barack Obama to arrive at RAAF Base Amberley in Brisbane, Saturday, Nov. 15, 2014. World economic are in Brisbane to attend the G20 Leadership Summit on November 15-16. (AAP Image/Lukas Coch) NO ARCHIVING

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.

Alastair MacGibbon, director of High-Tech Crime Centre in Canberra, 02 Jul 2003. (Pic: Michael Potter)

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.

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Retinal scanning for Windows 10

Retinal scanning for Windows 10

IF you thought Apple’s TouchID was impressive then wait till you see what Windows 10 has in store.

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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.

MOSCOW, RUSSIA - DECEMBER 2013: (EXCLUSIVE ACCESS; PREMIUM RATES (3X) APPLY) Former intelligence contractor Edward Snowden poses for a photo during an interview in an undisclosed location in December 2013 in Moscow, Russia. Snowden who exposed extensive details of global electronic surveillance by the National Security Agency has been in Moscow since June 2012 after getting temporary asylum in order to evade prosecution by authorities in the U.S. (Photo by Barton Gellman/Getty Images)

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

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.

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Catfish hell: Sinister world of online photo theft

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.

Malcolm Turnbull leaving after attending the Australian National Committee for UN WomenÕs and International Women's Day 2015 Parliamentary Breakfast at Parliament House in Canberra.

‘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.

Scott Morrison, Malcolm Turnbull and PM Tony Abbott in the House of Representatives Chamber after a on condolence motion on the Seige in Martin Place .

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.

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Synthetic Marijuana is a legal product

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.

Attorney-General Senator George Brandis appearing at a Senate Estimates into Department of Affairs and Trade at Parliament House in Canberra.

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.

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Google back down on porn ruling

GOOGLE has reversed proposed rules to remove sexually explicit content from its Blogger platform.

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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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Blogger cracks down on porn

BLOGS bordering porn are set to become a thing of the past following an update to Google’s new policies over sexually graphic material.

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