Privacy in general has always been a contentious issue. Privacy and social media causes even more issues, as it covers a range of topics which is complex and often difficult to police. Social media sites actively encourage disclosure of information and in most cases people willing give up the information without any thought. Birthdays, employment […]
It is becoming increasingly common practice in the US for employers to monitor or audit the social media platforms of potential hires. In the US, a number of states have recently been passing laws to prohibit employers from obtaining the passwords of social media accounts of a job applicant. This has yet to become common […]
With recent revelations throughout 2013 focusing on NSA surveillance monitoring and its wide scope across the globe capturing information not only of private citizens but world leaders, key discussions are now required on a range of issues. The focus of surveillance and what it does is one of the important aspects of this debate. Surveillance […]
As social media usage continues to grow the privacy debate becomes more intense. The more we interact on social media, the more information we relinquish and the more we diminish our privacy. It is a user driven collapse that shows no bounds exposing individuals to a number of issues including: identify theft hacking of personal […]
Privacy and social media covers a range of topics which is complex and difficult to police. As these sites become additionally popular and individuals interact further on them they are likely to disclose more information. In the process everyone opens themselves up to a number of things including identify theft, the hacking of personal information […]
It is becoming increasingly possible that individuals will have their web history logged under the disguise of law enforcement purposes. A couple of weeks ago the Attorney-General Nicola Roxon announced “new plans to review national security legislation to ensure our national security capability can evolve to meet emerging threats, while also delivering the right checks […]
A couple of weeks ago a Federal Communication Commission Report was released on Google’s Street View Program. It was a fairly damning report that raised a number of questions in respect to whether Google’s snooping was a lone case or an intentional corporate strategy. For a summary of the account, have a read of this […]
It seems that job seekers are being asked for their Facebook passwords as part of the interview process. Read more here. In their efforts to scrutinise candidates, some companies and government agencies are going beyond the glance of a Facebook page and asking for passwords so that employers can log in while the interview is […]
I’m back after the summer break and hoping to bring you some interesting thoughts this year on the current issues of the Internet, starting with Internet tracking. It seems that Internet users are becoming savvier about covering their tracks while online. It is common place for users to be tracked anonymously as they visit websites. […]
There was a great article in yesterday’s The Age, Facial Recognition: The Case for and against ‘Total Surveillance’. Facial recognition technology is about to become the most significant technology that we have seen for a long time. It is state of the art in terms of recognising and identifying people and this will be particularly […]
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