Dr Chris Culnane
Honorary Fellow, School of Computing and Information Systems, Melbourne School of Engineering, University Melbourne; Visiting Lecturer, Department of Computing, University of Surrey
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Sciences & Technology
It’s time to retire Lena from computer science
Why has a pornographic image been widely used to train computer scientists and their algorithms? And what sort of message does it send to women?
Business & Economics
Improving the finance sector for all Australians
Trust in our financial services has been shaken by scandals, but in a new white paper, FinFuture, researchers show how the system can be reformed to put financial wellbeing front and centre.
Business & Economics
Why that Instagram post may cost you more than you think
We don’t really know how social media posts are being used or evaluated by banks. We need greater transparency around exactly how our data will be used and the ability to challenge decisions
Sciences & Technology
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
Politics & Society
The key to unlocking your privacy
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?
Sciences & Technology
Data privacy and power
We need to rein-in data harvesting with more user control and simply less data collection
Sciences & Technology
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
Sciences & Technology
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
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?