This week Martin looks at the reaction to Google mapping UK wireless routers; Lee discusses good virtual neighbours in Christchurch and Sean suggests the US Limewire court case marks the beginning of the end for peer to peer file sharing

Watch our first weekly video wrap-up of cybesafety themed news and events

NetSafe adopts smart phones and cloud based computing – it’s been a fraught week with plenty of change!

Technological advances have made the see-through airport scanner reality – would you be happy ‘exposing yourself’ for a faster start to your holiday?

A recent US study has found that 45% of employers research social networking sites for information on prospective employees. Of them, 35% have rejected applicants based on content on a person’s sn page. For those who are concerned about the amount of information available an interesting article to read (and one which gives detailed information [...]

Photos, fingerprints, iris scans: e-passports
Secure or risky?
At the breakfast meeting of the NZISF (Information Security Forum) http://www.security.org.nz/NZISF_breakfast_meetings/ Ajit Narayanan from AUT presented “What does your passport say about you?”
Border controls are moving towards biometric measurements to enable verification of individuals (not just identification), ease and speed of passage and therefore increased efficiency.
There seem to be [...]