Secure Messaging Apps Comparison
"Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem"
A few days ago, a BBC journalist wrote an article with the headline, “Signal: Firm claims to have cracked chat app’s encryption”. The problem? Both the claim and the article were compete & utter rubbish. “Journalism” Firstly, both the headline and the article were changed without any notice to readers (it’s common practise for readers … Read more
A proposed Bill to ban cash payments of over $10,000 died in Australia’s Senate. However, anyone paying attention to the federal government’s record on safety over freedom should stay tuned… the Bill will eventually return in some form. The Bill highlights the language used by the government to crack down on everyday Australians’ spending their … Read more
APRA — an independent statutory authority that supervises institutions across banking, insurance and superannuation — has promised to increase cyber security regulations, even going as far to extend its regulatory reach from 680 entities to over 17,000 entities. One would that think such “regulatory intervention” is based on evidence of its existing cyber security regulation … Read more
Did you install Australia’s COVID-19 contact tracing app? I certainly didn’t because I don’t trust any government to 1) create an app that does anything useful and well, and b) create an app in a security manner that doesn’t undertake mass surveillance. Take a glance at the mobile phone on which you’re reading this blog … Read more
In a previous post, I wrote that, “Digital privacy regulations don’t tend to prohibit government mass surveillance, although there is at least one exception. (And the exception isn’t a panacea nor a pathway for other countries such as Australia, NZ, the UK, the US, and Canada.)“ The exception was the European Court of Justice banning the … Read more
In my previous blog post, I outlined an approach to ending government mass surveillance, suggesting a rights-based means by which government mass surveillance can be ended. In this blog post, I want to write about the slow erosion of rights over time. What is a right? The answer isn’t simple, and hence I’m not going … Read more
When the Snowden revelations were released in June 2013, my passion for digital privacy was re-ignited. I’d always had an anti-authority streak in me, something I learnt from my father. My father taught me never to simply accept what people in power say, especially people in any government. Respect was to be earned, not simply … Read more