Associate Professor Benjamin Rubinstein
Senior Lecturer, School of Computing and Information Systems, Melbourne School of Engineering, University of Melbourne
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Two data points enough to spot you in open transport records
Last year, 15 million partially redacted public transport passenger details were posted online. It took researchers very little time to re-identify themselves and others, highlighting a risk to privacy
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The simple process of re-identifying patients in public health records
In late 2016, doctors’ identities were decrypted in an open dataset of Australian medical billing records. Now patients’ records have also been re-identified - and we should be talking about it
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How small details can create a big problem
A cyber-security analysis of a British government agency reveals subtle but important flaws in its system, highlighting a global lesson in the protection of information
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Facebook, the Government and revenge porn
Facebook and the Australian government are piloting a scheme to tackle revenge porn, but does it ask too much of potential victims to give up their privacy in order to gain privacy?
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Crime and privacy in open data
Testing the strength of methods used for protecting privacy in open data shouldn’t be a crime
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Understanding the maths is crucial for protecting privacy
Publishing data can bring benefits, but it also can be a great risk to privacy
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Can hackers turn off the lights?
Keeping our critical infrastructure safe from destructive cyber-attacks
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The rise of the machines: Fact or fiction?
Will we one day have robot overlords? University of Melbourne robotics and artificial intelligence researchers look into the future