Information security
Digital legacy: How to make sure your family is not locked out
Security keeps people out of our documents, photos, financials, and secrets. How do you make sure family can access them if you die?
- Tim Biggs
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What are passkeys? The end of the password era explained
Passkeys are designed to be the end of “remembering” login credentials. And it may be time to accept them.
- Tim Biggs
Millions of renters hit by unlawful data collection
The Privacy Commissioner’s landmark ruling comes as Australia’s rental market reaches crisis levels.
- David Swan
Evidence ruled secret to protect national security in case against alleged Russian spies
“The proposed orders only restrict open justice to the extent necessary to do so in the interest of national security.”
- William Davis
- Series
- Data centres
The cost of the cloud: Inside Australia’s data centre boom
Hundreds of billions of dollars are being spent building data centres all over the planet, as all of us flock to AI. But at what cost?
- Analysis
- AI
‘Absolute nightmare’: The social network where AI chatbots exchange ideas and gossip about humans
There’s a new social media platform capturing the imagination of millions but also ringing alarm bells. The real danger is not what you might think.
- Tim Biggs
- Opinion
- Regulation
Albo is secretive and unaccountable – just like ScoMo
Government secrecy is the worst in a decade. Are we in the third term of the Morrison government?
- Parnell Palme McGuinness
Tax on truth: Coalition, Greens team up to block Labor’s controversial laws
Coalition and Greens senators are set to reject the bill once it reaches the Senate.
- Nick Newling
Panic as breached details of 183m accounts, including Gmail, emerge
The news isn’t nearly as bad as some online would have you believe, but it’s always a good idea to check your security.
- Tim Biggs
- Analysis
- Cloud
Why one company’s glitch just broke half the internet
When Amazon sneezes, the world catches a cold. It’s time we stopped accepting that as normal.
- David Swan