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August 30, 2022

#29 Unscrambling the cyber strategy egg + the moths still drawn to the flame of facial recognition

22 minutes

This week, Arj and Jordan discuss the merits of the Albanese Government's decision to overhaul the previous government's national cyber security strategy, which included the eye-catching $10 billion funding allocation for Project REDSPICE.

They also discuss why organisations continue to consider facial recognition, in spite of the intense uproar over its use in recent weeks and months. This comes as ClubsACT considers trialling the technology in pubs and clubs to enforce self-exclusion requests from problem gamblers.

Links:

IT News story on cyber strategy overhaul https://www.itnews.com.au/news/government-re-launches-cyber-security-strategy-584180

ABC story about facial recognition trial in ACT https://www.abc.net.au/canberra/programs/drive/facial-recognition-clubs-act/101350722

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