Associate Professor Vanessa Teague

Victoria’s Electoral Matters Committee is looking at how our elections are conducted and internet voting is a real option. But is there any real proof that our votes would be secure?

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

A recent investigation found a trapdoor in the SwissVote election system that also exists in New South Wales’ iVote, but further analysis has found a second problem in the verification process

New legislation aims to expose the communications of serious criminals, but it might undermine our security too

Blockchain technology is commonly associated with cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, but that’s only the beginning

We’re being asked to provide more and more information about ourselves online, including in the recent New Zealand census – but should we trust assurances that our privacy is closely guarded?

We need to rein-in data harvesting with more user control and simply less data collection

Reading a good book on holiday is one of life’s indulgences, but getting a gem of a recommendation can be a true gift

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