Who has access to your metadata? Can the government actually read your encrypted Whatsapp messages sent between you and your anonymous source? What does it mean to operate safely online in the post-Snowden world of data surveillance?
At the Edit's first event for 2019, we spoke data, privacy and encryption with tech and legal experts Veronica Scott (Minter Ellison), Peter Tonoli (Electronic Frontiers Australia) and Justin Warren (EFA). They coached us through techniques to understand the increasingly nebulous online world of metadata and Australia's controversial new encryption laws.
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Electronic Frontiers Australia - Electronic Frontiers Australia Inc. (EFA) is a non-profit national organisation that has been promoting and protecting digital rights (civil liberties) in Australia since it was established in January 1994
Electronic Frontiers Foundation - A Leading US nonprofit organization defending civil liberties in the digital world. Founded in 1990, EFF champions user privacy, free expression, and innovation through impact litigation, policy analysis, grassroots activism, and technology development.The leading nonprofit defending digital privacy, free speech, and innovation. EFA is not affiliated with EFF.