Australia’s pending smart card for health and welfare has been compromised before it has even been released.
In a stunning admission by the government, it has come to light that information contained on the “non-compulsory” health and welfare card will be made available to the Australian Secret Intelligence Organisation and the Australian police.Background
The new health and […]
In an amazingly anti-free speech move, the office of the Australian Prime Minister has moved to close down a satirical website.
The John Howard website (formerly at http://johnhowardpm.org) includes a satirical “sorry speech” from the PM apologising for the Iraq War (Australia was one of only two counrties to send troops for the initial invasion).
The site […]
For years, governments, such as the United States, have poured billions of dollars into high tech space technology. Most of it has been pretty benign, compared to the other technologies being pursued on land. The most objectionable known to the common folk have been spy satellites and the “Star Wars” initiative, neither of […]
Identity theft is becoming a huge concern for internet users with incidents of online scamers swindling unsuspecting net-surfers making the press on an almost daily basis. As such, protecting your ID has become a huge issue and a huge industry, but there are several ways that internet users can protect themselves that are quite easy […]
The US government’s attempt to subpoena the search records of Google and other search engines has drawn a lot of attention from the press and internet users over the last week. While the story has major implications for the search engine industry, the […]