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Australia's domestic intelligence agency warns of foreign spying efforts amid revelations the east African nation of Rwanda has a shadowy network of spies silencing political dissent inside Queensland suburbs.
Former judges speak out over secretive Witness K, Collaery whistleblower cases
Via LLRX – Privacy and security issues impact every aspect of our lives – home, work, travel, education, health and medical records – to name but a few. On a weekly basis Pete Weiss highlights articles and information that focus on the increasingly complex and wide ranging ways technology is used to compromise and diminish our privacy and security, often without our situational awareness. Four highlights from this week: More than 1 million people had their fingerprint data exposed by a huge security hole; IRS Security Summit Series for Tax Professionals: Create a Data Theft Recovery Plan; Hackers Can Turn Everyday Speakers Into Acoustic Cyberweapons; and Facial Recognition Software Prompts Privacy, Racism Concerns in Cities and States.
Property developer detailed donation to NSW Labor in suicide note, ICAC told
The ICAC hears allegations Chinese billionaire Huang Xiangmo gave $100,000 in cash to a senior Labor Party official, and that a property developer who also donated killed himself before he was due to give evidence to an anti-corruption hearing
Small businesses are using cash-in-hand payments and other “black economy” activities to dodge more than $7 billion in tax, the ATO says.
That accounts for more than 64 per cent of the $11.1 billion small business “tax gap”, according to the ATO, which estimates the difference between income tax collected and what was actually owed stood at 12.5 per cent in 2015-16. ATO ramps up ‘strike teams’ to crack down on $11 billion small business ‘tax gap’
One-third of large Australian companies paid no tax,
ATO to refine tax practitioner risk model amid black economy ... AccountantsDaily
NASA astronaut accused of first crime in space
Officials
with NASA are reportedly investigating an allegation that an astronaut
accessed the bank account of her estranged spouse from space, which may
be the first allegation of a crime committed in space.
PayID in new breach affecting customers at big four banks
More
than 90,000 Australian PayID users had their bank details and other
personal data exposed in the second hack of the platform in recent
months
You Can Finally See All Info Facebook Collected About You From Other Websites - BuzzFeed News – “…Facebook collects information about its users in two ways: first, through the information you input into its website and apps, and second, by tracking which websites you visit while you’re not on Facebook. That’s why, after you visit a clothing retailer’s website, you’ll likely see an ad for it in your Facebook News Feed or Instagram feed. Basically, Facebook monitors where you go, all across the internet, and uses your digital footprints to target you with ads. But Facebook users have never been able to view this external data Facebook collected about them, until now. Facebook tracks your browsing history via the “Login with Facebook” button, the “like” button, Facebook comments, and little bits of invisible code, called the Facebook pixel, embedded on other sites (including BuzzFeed News). Today the company will start to roll out a feature called “Off-Facebook Activity” that allows people to manage that external browsing data — finally delivering on a promise it made over a year ago when CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced at a company event that it would develop a feature then called “Clear History.”
In New Facebook Effort, Humans Will Help Curate Your News Stories - The New York Times – “Facebook has long relied on algorithms to select news stories for its users to see. Now the social network wants to rely on something else for the same task, too: humans. Specifically, Facebook plans to hire a team of editors to work on a news initiative called News Tab, which is its latest venture into the world of publishing. The Silicon Valley company said that journalists would help curate News Tab, a new section inside of the company’s mobile application that will surface the most recent and relevant stories for readers. Facebook said it planned to hire seasoned journalists from various outlets for the roles and would put up job postings on its employment board on Tuesday. News Tab is part of the company’s effort to highlight real-time journalism and news. It will exist outside of the News Feed, Facebook’s never-ending stream of status updates and friend requests… [one two three – got librarians? – if not – hire some – please!]
Trump 'knows how to read a room'
French President Emmanuel Macron, left, and President Donald Trump, right, participate in a G-7 Working Session on the Global Economy, Foreign Policy, and Security Affairs the G-7 summit in Biarritz, France, on Sunday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, Pool)
One of the more interesting moments during the Sunday morning
news shows was NBC “Meet The Press” host Chuck
Todd saying “MTP” had a hard time booking a guest to speak on behalf of
President Donald Trump. Why, exactly?
Todd said, on air, “... and it may be because of
misinterpretations of what the president may mean at any given point in time.”
This stems from Trumps’ comments Sunday at the G-7 summit in
France. When asked if he had second thoughts about tariffs on Chinese goods,
Trump said, “Yeah, sure, why not? Might as well.” He added, “I have second
thoughts about everything.”
Apparently, however, what Trump said and what he meant are two
different things. White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham said Sunday
that what Trump meant was he regrets not raising the tariffs higher.
Speaking from France on “Meet the Press,” NBC News’ Hallie
Jackson said, “You ask me to explain what the president meant there, Chuck? I
can’t tell you.”
Jackson said the White House seems to want it both ways. Next to
other leaders, Trump appeared to back off his stance on China. But to the
American people, Trump wants to appear tough.
“This is a president,” Jackson said, “who knows how to read a
room.”
Jackson went onto
explain that, on this trip, Trump does not want to be a “wrecking ball,” but
still wants to let America know he is fighting on their behalf
