encryption
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Safety Alert: Stop Bloody Using Pattern Unlock!
A while back, I woke up to find my Android phone lingering at a pattern unlock screen. Not just to unlock my screen, but a prompt to decrypt all of my phone’s data. I was puzzled. Every other morning, I decrypted my device using a 10-digit, alphanumeric passphrase — something I perceived, accurately, as being…
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Australia’s Cyber Challenges Are An Opportunity For Us To Lead
Australia’s Minister Assisting the Prime Minister for Cyber Security, Dan Tehan, closed out the round of opening keynotes at this years RSA Conference for the Australia Pacific and Japan region. During his address Tehan painted a gloomy picture of our region. But in that doom and gloom he suggested Australia could be a leader in…
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Could Homomorphic Encryption Help Find An Answer To The Government’s “Problem”?
Plenty of ink and pixels have been, and will continue to be, spilt over the government’s plan to force technology companies to hand over encrypted data without creating backdoors into systems or somehow weakening privacy provisions. Already, we’ve heard that the government could make laws that trump the laws of mathematics and there are plenty…
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Government To Tackle Encryption At Five-Eyes Meeting
Attorney-General George Brandis, and the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection, Peter Dutton are heading to Ottawa to meet with Australia’s Five-Eyes counterparts. According to a statement made by Senator Brandis “…the use by terrorists of cyberspace is an issue of critical concern to intelligence and law enforcement agencies. Australia will lead the discussion of…