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Ben Grubb is the deputy technology editor of smh.com.au, theage.com.au, brisbanetimes.com.au and watoday.com.au
Roxon switch signals online scrutiny for all
Dylan Welch, Ben Grubb, Bianca Hall and Lucy Battersby Attorney-General Nicola Roxon appears to have swung her support behind a controversial plan to capture the online data of all Australians, despite six weeks ago saying ''the case had yet to be made''...
Roxon edges towards keeping online data for two years
Dylan Welch, Ben Grubb, Bianca Hall and Lucy Battersby Attorney-General appears to support plan to capture all online data of all Australians.
Roxon switch signals online scrutiny for all
Dylan Welch, Ben Grubb, Bianca hall and Lucy Battersby THE Attorney-General, Nicola Roxon, appears to have swung her support behind a controversial plan to capture the online data of all Australians, despite six weeks ago saying ''the case had yet to be...
Security scheme worthy of 'police state'
Bianca Hall, Ben Grubb, Lucy Battersby Privacy Commissioner slams laws that would allow Australians' data to be stored for two years.
Internet data tracking proposal seen as 'a police state'
Bianca Hall, Ben Grubb, Lucy Battersby PROPOSED laws that would allow the web and telecommunications data of all Australians to be stored for two years have been dubbed ''characteristic of a police state''.
Regulator chases party boy's Publicity Monster
Ben Grubb Consumer protection authority confirms it is investigating convicted hacker and party boy Timothy Sabre's Publicity Monster firm, which promised businesses it could get them high rankings on Google.
Can't buy love online? 'Likes' for sale
Ben Grubb The going rate for 1000 Australian Facebook "likes" is $90. So says Mathew Carpenter, who sells the likes on his website, which ranks second on Google for "Buy Facebook likes".
Google crashes Monster man's party
Ben Grubb Timothy Sabre, the convicted hacker and former party promoter who claimed to have unlocked the secrets of Google's algorithm, has been stripped of his Google accreditation.
Gaming Google: Monster's party boy Tim under fire
Ben Grubb Tim Sabre lives the high life on riches earned by promising he can get you on Google's front page. But he's left behind a string of dissatisfied customers and may now face losing his Google...
Hackers steal AAPT customer data to protest web spying proposal
Ben Grubb Hackers have stolen customer data from Australian ISP AAPT to show the dangers of a proposal to force telcos to store every Australian's web history for up to two years.
Roxon doubts over security plans to store web history
Dylan Welch, Ben Grubb ''THE case has yet to be made'' for a controversial plan to force internet providers to store the web history of all Australians for up to two years, says the Attorney General, Nicola Roxon, who has...
Spy in the machine
Dylan Welch and Ben Grubb As the digital world becomes ubiquitous, exactly what happens to the data trail people leave - every day humans create 2.
Roxon questions plan to track users' web history
Dylan Welch and Ben Grubb 'The case has yet to be made' for a controversial plan to force internet providers to store the web history of all Australians for up to two years, according to Attorney-General Nicola Roxon, who has...
Pete & Ned's web war on cheap foreign labour
Ben Grubb A former civil engineer and a DJ want to transform odd jobs on the web - but that's not the most unusual part of the story.
Government defends web spy powers
Dylan Welch and Ben Grubb The Gillard government says data storage is needed to allow agencies to effectively target organised criminals and terrorists.
Canberra defends data retention plan
Ben Grubb, Dylan Welch THE Gillard government has defended a plan to force telcos to store internet and phone data of all Australians for up to two years, saying it is needed to allow intelligence and police agencies to...
New web spy powers: for and against
Ben Grubb There's a very strong chance law enforcement will soon have access to a two-year backlog of our web data and telephone history due to law reforms. But so could hackers and just about everyone else.
New code puts a cap on telco sweet talk
Ben Grubb, Lucy Battersby, James Manning CUSTOMER service in the telco sector may improve over the next two years, thanks to a new code governing advertising, account management and complaint handling in a sector notorious for high...
Ben Grubb, Lucy Battersby and James Manning
New customer code for telco industry gets good reception
Ben Grubb, Lucy Battersby and James Manning Customer service in the telco sector may improve over the next two years thanks to a new code governing advertising, account management and complaint handling in a sector notorious for high complaint...
Kogan backs down on Microsoft censorship claim
James Manning and Ben Grubb The CEO of online electronics retailer Kogan has backed away from claims that Bing and Yahoo! deliberately removed his website from their search engines as punishment for criticising Internet...
