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    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.

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    The US Justice Department has denied requesting anything from Google that could threaten the privacy of the search-engine's users, as the company recently contended.

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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.

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    An Australian civil liberties group has dubbed an inquiry into the country’s CyberCrime Bill “disappointing”, saying Committee members were “overpowered by the technical implications” of a Bill that should now be left on the table for further investigation.

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    Identity theft is one the fastest growing crimes, with businesses and consumers losing billions of dollars each year to identity thieves. You can't count on biometrics. Here's why.

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    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.

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    IBM's Grady Booch says developers can no longer just dash off code without thinking about the larger implications.

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  • RFID tags: Big Brother in small packages

    Retailers may love the concept of tiny radio tags for tracking products, but consumers should beware the potential for exploitation by corporations, criminals and the government.

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