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TCF works to block scam calls
The Telecommunications Forum (TCF) has introduced a new Scam Calling Prevention Code to better solidify the way telcos handle scammers on behalf of their customers.
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Facebook continues to disappoint and Electricity: where would we be without it? (Hint: In Auckland)
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Facebook incurs the Wrath of the Editor (among others)... GDPR isn't just a Russian newspaper you know... Unbundling 2.0, now with added fibre
25 years young – the Privacy Act gets a face lift
The Privacy Act 1993 became law at a time when the internet was in its infancy, and the way in which agencies gathered, stored, and shared information was very different than it is now. Currently, a …
Microsoft vs the United States of America - law enforcement access to cloud data
In 2018 the United States (US) Supreme Court will consider an important case regarding law enforcement's ability to access information stored in the cloud. This case will help determine the extent t…
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The rise and fall of Facebook... R&D spending is up but innovation is down... and Wither Wikipedia?
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In which we discuss copyrights and copy wrongs... the applicability of laws and the modern age of vertically integrated citizens... and pssst, wanna buya dodgy tech stock?
Doctorow on copyright and digital locks
At this year's InternetNZ NetHui Copyright event, keynote speaker author and digital rights activist Cory Doctorow, moved past the normal rails of big content versus big tech, focusing instead on the …
Start your year with a massive security flaw
While New Zealand holidayed in the sun (or torrential rain, depending) the IT world has suffered something of a quake with the discovery that almost all computers (using the widest possible definition…
CERT quarterly report - ransomware down but beware fake invoices
The latest quarterly report from government cyber-safety agency CERT NZ shows over $1.1 million was lost to scammers in 390 reported incidences.
More than half of those reports came from individual…
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New minsters are setting up shop in Wellington. So what do they need to know? Also, InternetNZ's long and winding journey and... Brislen like you've never seen him before. Well, for 15 years anyway.
