Associate Professor Toby Murray
School of Computing and Information Systems, Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology, University of Melbourne
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Sciences & Technology
Analysis
Banning kids from social media? There’s a better way
The Australian government’s plan to ban kids from social media overestimates the tech available to limit access and overlooks the benefits
Sciences & Technology
The flawed algorithm at the heart of Robodebt
Robodebt teaches us that even simple automated decision-making systems come with the biases of the people, systems and policies that conceive them
Health & Medicine
Medibank’s hack tells us privacy laws need to change
Medibank’s data breach exposes how Australia’s most vulnerable have the most to lose when private information is made public
Sciences & Technology
Under the Microscope
Using maths to prove computer security
Eureka prize winner Associate Professor Toby Murray thought maths was boring, but he now relies on it to secure critical systems like those of Defence against hackers
Sciences & Technology
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?
Sciences & Technology
What kind of rear window into encryption do the Five Eyes want?
An international intelligence alliance wants to weaken data encryption for everyone in a bid to stop terrorists, but does it risk leaving us more exposed?
Sciences & Technology
Q&A: The ransomware cyber-attack fallout
Computers in 150 countries were attacked by WannaCry ransomware – we ask the experts what we’ve learned from the worldwide hack