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News (58)

• Australia needs ID-theft laws: Minister

  The Federal Minister for Home Affairs, Bob Debus has encouraged state and territory governments to introduce new laws to combat identity theft but observers have cast doubt over their potential effectiveness.

• Taming the Web

  Not long ago, civil libertarians looked to cyberspace as the utopia of ultimate freedom, beyond the reach of restrictive technologies and government regulators.Today, that dream may be fading with the hyper-speed of Internet time.

• Stolen e-passports worth millions

  Thousands of UK e-passports stolen this week are likely to sell for up to 20m on the black market, privacy experts have said.

• Facebook suspends Top Friend peephole app

  Facebook has suspended the "Top Friends" application after a Canadian computer technician discovered it allowed anyone to peep through normally inaccessible parts of Facebook accounts.

• Will Australia's privacy overhaul be dumped?

  Privacy advocates fear that the long-awaited overhaul to Australia's 20 year old Privacy Act will die before it ever sees the light of day.

Features and Case Studies (16)

• Australian Tax Office: Bill Gibson, CIO

  Bill Gibson, CIO of the Australian Tax office, spoke to ZDNet.com.au about why he doesn't completely trust open source software; how the ATO handles security and why competing vendors will have to learn to work together.

• Green light for e-passports

  The United States moves forward with a plan to put RFID chips and biometric data in passports by early next year.

• Just what is behind the iiNet case?

• Joe Biden's tech voting record

  US vice presidential candidate Joe Biden has a mixed record on technology, spending most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders. His anti-privacy legislation was actually responsible for the creation of PGP.

• Microsoft's role in ID theft

  Peter Cullen, the company's chief privacy strategist, explains how Sender ID can take a bite out of spam and phishing.

Reviews (8)

• Camera-phones must 'click' in Korea

  The Korean government has ruled that by next year, domestic manufacturers must ensure that mobile phones emit a loud shutter-like click or noise when the camera is activated.

• The laptops that come in from the cold

  For those organisation who lose hundreds of thousands dollars worth of laptops to thieves each year, the humiliation of the loss is possibly as infuriating a burden to bare as the financial costs associated with it. However these organisations can assuage some of their distress knowing that their problems are shared by one of the world's most powerful law enforcement agencies. In May, thieves reduced the size of the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation's laptop fleet by 182, in one operation. If the FBI can't keep its laptops safe from thieves who can?

• Security with bite: 15 technologies tested

  In this special review, we round up the various authentication devices on the market. From fingerprint scanners, to single sign-on software and biometric technology -- we have the authentication market covered.

• The ONLY ways to stop spam and viruses

  Commentary: What will it take to get rid of online pests and make the Internet a safer, less irritating place to work and play?

• Security visionary: Vigilance is the best defence

  Security expert Bruce Schneier argues that constant vigilance, not technology, is the best defence against computer break-ins.

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