Darren Pauli reports: The developer of Tor privacy router Anonabox, August Gemar, has defended the product — which has so far attracted $600,000 in crowd funding — following allegations it was little more than a commercial off-the-shelf circuit board. Gemar asked for $7500 via Kickstarter to build the open source router box commercially. Accusations surfaced on Wednesday – from…
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Australian data retention taken to dangerous lengths, warn privacy advocates
Paul Farrell and Daniel Hurst report: Australia’s national security laws permitting hacking by intelligence agencies and retention of personal web and phone data are breaking new ground around the world and raise significant privacy concerns, privacy groups have warned. Carly Nyst, legal director of Privacy International told Guardian Australia that the standards being set by…
Anonabox could be the everyman’s answer to internet privacy
Cassandra Khaw reports: On the internet, everyone is susceptible to invasions of privacy. But, a group of developers is hoping to change this by kickstarting a one-stop solution for anyone looking to peruse the internet without having their personal information harvested. Anonabox hinges on open source software known as Tor, which encrypts user activities on the…
South Korea’s Kakao Talk vows to put privacy before law
ZNews reports: The operator of South Korea`s dominant instant-messaging service Kakao Talk has vowed to put privacy before the law and deny investigating state prosecutors access to the messages of its users. The Supreme Prosecutors` Office and various government agencies, including the National Police Agency, last month announced “proactive”measures to prevent the spread of false and malicious…