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Helping survivors of domestic abuse: What to do when you find stalkerware

Posted on July 2, 2019 | in Tools and Guides

Stalkerware can track unsuspecting victims’ locations, record phone calls, peer into text messages and emails, pry into locally-stored photos and videos, and rifle through web browsing activity, all while hidden from view.

Bipartisan Approaches to National Security Bring a Decrease in Rights

Posted on June 17, 2019 | in Articles

The dust has settled on the federal election, and advocates from all sectors are either crowing over their wins or licking their wounds. On the battleground for the internet, there is a much darker spectre looming. Over the coming year, Australia will rapidly be relegated to the backwaters of the global digital world. We will no longer have a functioning industry of security software manufacturers, nor will we have faith in the safety and security of our telecommunications systems.

A guide for defending encryption

Posted on June 14, 2019 | in News

In June 2019, Lizzie O’Shea was named as a Human Rights Hero by Access Now and received the award from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet. This is an edited version of her acceptance speech.

Australian cities for digital rights

Posted on June 12, 2019 | in News

The internet has become inseparable from our daily lives. Yet, every day, there are new cases of digital rights abuse, misuse and misinformation and concentration of power around the world.

Digital security for journalists

Posted on June 10, 2019 | in Tools and Guides

A free press is a cornerstone of any democracy, with journalism playing an integral role in the transparency and debate that is so important to protecting and maintaining society. Increasingly, we are seeing journalists forced to comply with authoritarian government orders, and repressive regimes of secrecy and gagging designed to hamper the freedoms of the Third Estate.

Spies should focus on foreign threats rather than journalists

Posted on June 10, 2019 | in Articles

We have witnessed two shocking raids by the Australian Federal Police on news outlets, both under the guise of protecting our national security.