Hi John, Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei says Australia risks facing serious issues with the deployment of 5G and future 6G technology unless new policies are introduced to address cybersecurity concerns.
Self-proclaimed eco-conscious car-sharing platform Evee has launched in Australia offering electric vehicles (EVs) to rent, connecting “community-conscious car owners with eco-conscious drivers” Machine identity protection provider Venafi has found that a survey of government-mandated encryption backdoors show that 80% of the respondents say countries with government-mandated encryption backdoors are more vulnerable to cyberattacks targeting election infrastructure. Amazon continues to dominate the global smart speaker market by shipping 6.6 million units of Echo smart speakers in the second quarter of 2019, and maintaining its lead over China’s Baidu - which bumped Google down to third spot in the market - the analyst firm Canalys says. Digital rights organisation Electronic Frontiers Australia has joined with health policy group Future Wise, charity Digital Rights Watch and the Australian Privacy Foundation to call again for a comprehensive review of privacy provisions for healthcare data, at the same time as denouncing the sharing of patient health data for secondary use. There’s a new telco in town. In the circle of life, your uncle murders your father but you end up beating the hyenas, becoming King and getting the girl anyway, but what does that have to do with your phone bill? And of course, there's plenty more so for all the news visit www.itwire.com. Have a great day! Stan Beer, Editor, iTWire ADVERTISE IN THIS NEWSLETTER & iTWire.com Contact: andrew.matler@itwire.com 0412 390 000
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