Tech companies and privacy advocates have been in a stalemate with government officials over how encrypted communication affects the ability of federal investigators to monitor terrorists and other criminals. A new study by Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society convened experts from all sides to put the issue in context. The report concluded that ...

A consumer alert issued by Victoria's Legal Services Commissioner a few weeks ago raised, to our mind, an old and curious issue. Why aren't Australian professionals required to secure their email? Eighteen years ago, Victoria's Law Institute Journal carried an excellent feature article on the ease with which email can be forged, the fact that ...