Despite having taken a non-committal stance on the Access Card during the election campaign, privacy advocates are hopeful that Labor will scrap the project now that it has entered government.
Web application vulnerabilities are simple to fix -- but they're here to stay and will likely get worse, say security analysts.
The Web sites of Australia's two major political parties contain cross-site scripting vulnerabilities, which could be exploited to fraudulently acquire political donations, say security experts.
The Coalition has been rated bottom among the major parties on commitment to privacy issues, according to a report released by the Australian Privacy Foundation.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has confirmed it will not be pursuing the so-called "Howard hacker" -- but it has been helping the political parties better secure their Web sites.
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IBM's latest ThinkPad is the fastest notebook we've seen yet, at least for application performance. The rest of the solid but unremarkable system mixes robust security features and endless expansion options with staid design. Blazing speed notwithstanding, the T23 seems a bit overpriced for what it delivers.
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