Privacy advocates have slammed the new Medicare Smartcard, describing it as an insecure and technologically inept implementation.
Expert witness in the copyright infringement case against retired police officer Stephen Cooper, Professor Leon Sterling, was embarrassed on the stand yesterday when the defence counsel showed images of the professor's own Web site linking to copyright material.
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Civil rights group Electronic Frontiers Australia has claimed the legislation introduced by the Australian Parliament to fight spam will give investigators excessive search and seizure powers.
New Australian laws designed to crack down on Internet harassment and usage of the medium to advocate violence have been met with a cautious reaction from online civil libertarians.
Civil liberties organisation Electronic Frontiers Australia (EFA) has dismissed a proposal to restrict access to Internet accounts to those that can satisfy a 100 point identity check as "ludicrous".
The Internet Industry Association (IIA) moved onto the back foot today following remarks by the Information Technology and Communications Minister, Richard Alston, that he was considering tightening providers' responsibility for Internet content.
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