Announcements ANNOUNCEMENT: Jeremiah Cruz joins CryptoAUSTRALIA Introducing Jeremiah Cruz as CryptoAUSTRALIA's Project Manager. Jeremiah will work with CryptoAUSTRALIA on our 'Digital Privacy for Professionals' initiative as a volunteer.
Domain Name System How to Pick the Best Threat-blocking DNS Provider (Updated) Alternative DNS services promises to offer protection from malware, ransomware and phishing. These providers promise some level of threat protection, but how good are they? Let's find out!
Domain Name System Introduction to Malware-blocking DNS Services How can you protect your family from malware and phishing with just a little effort? Various alternative DNS providers with built-in threat blocking capabilities are now available to the public. This article helps you pick the right one for keeping your devices safe and secure.
Burgers and Privacy – Interview with Jon Lawrence Karissa Breen interviews Jon Lawrence, the Executive Officer of the Australian digital rights group 'Electronic Frontiers Australia'
Announcements CryptoAUSTRALIA's 2017 Year in Review and Future Plans Wow, 2017 was a wild ride! CryptoAUSTRALIA is one-year-old this month, and we could not have done it without the generous support of the community. In this article, we express our gratitude to our friends and outline our exciting plans for 2018.
Domain Name System Build a Privacy-respecting and Threat-blocking DNS Server DNS blackholing can help you protect your devices from malware, ransomware and phishing. This guide shows how you can build your private DNS server that can block threats and protects your privacy.
Pi-hole CryptoAUSTRALIA's Favourite Block Lists Our biased collection of malware and phishing website blocking domain blacklists for the Pi-hole
Events November Workshop: Running a Network-wide Ad-blocker, and a Whole Lot More! CryptoAUSTRALIA have an upcoming workshop on setting up a network-wide ad blocker called Pi-hole. Nick Kavadias from the CryptoAUSTRALIA team explains why you need it and why it's a whole lot more than just another ad-blocker browser plugin.
Announcements ANNOUNCEMENT: CryptoAUSTRALIA is stepping down as CryptoParty organiser in Melbourne We are announcing that CryptoAUSTRALIA is stepping down as an organiser for the CryptoParty Melbourne Meetup group
How Economists Can Help Protect Personal Data ‘Information asymmetry’ and ‘moral hazard’ are well-studied problems in economics. But can we apply them to data privacy?
Pi-hole How We Tried 5 Privacy Focused Raspberry Pi Projects At CryptoAUSTRALIA we are always asking ourselves the question: How can we teach everyone in Australia to defend their privacy? We believe in the “learning-by-doing” approach, so what could be more fun and
What's Up Doc? So I am pretty bad at going to the doctor on time, yes I am one of those people who get the overdue notifications on the weekly. I finally had enough courage to
Online Safety Cheap Shots are taking Creep Shots of Women Do you ever get that feeling that’s someone is watching you, or you are being followed? It freaks me out. Now, how do you feel when some random person has taken a
Announcements CryptoAUSTRALIA Signs Open Letter for Transparent Intelligence Sharing Activities The Australian Government must ensure transparency of its intelligence sharing with other countries in order to safeguard Australian citizens’ private information, a coalition of privacy and human rights organisations said at the launch
Malware Do I need AntiVirus on macOS? I often get asked "Should I use Antivirus software on my Mac?" The answer is: it depends. Note: This is a multipart article, Part 1 is available here The risk of
Announcements ANNOUNCEMENT: Personnel Changes in Melbourne CryptoAUSTRALIA announces personnel changes to its Melbourne events CryptoAUSTRALIA is proud to have run CryptoParty events in Melbourne since early 2017. We rebooted CryptoParty in Melbourne earlier this year and made the workshops
Malware Why free AntiVirus is better than no AV and worse than paid AV This article will detail the differences between free AntiVirus and paid AntiVirus. AntiVirus is used to protect from all kind of threats (commonly referred to as malware), but the greatest risk to home
Announcements CryptoAUSTRALIA announces NCryptcellular as a Sponsor CryptoAUSTRALIA is pleased to announce NCryptcellular as a Gold Sponsor The generous sponsorship of NCryptcellular over the next six months will allow CryptoAUSTRALIA to bring more talks and workshops to Australia's privacy conscious
Press Releases CryptoAUSTRALIA Signs Open Letter to Five Eyes Ministers 83 organisations - including CryptoAUSTRALIA - and experts from 5 nations demand “Five Eyes” respect strong encryption Read the full letter here Today, 83 organisations and individuals from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the
Events Photos from the Privacy Awareness Week Event On the 18th of May, CryptoAUSTRALIA participated in OAIC’s Privacy Awareness Week (PAW) with a documentary screening and expert panel discussion. PAW is an annual initiative of the Asia Pacific Privacy Authorities
Announcements Our Meetup group has a new name! Dear Friends of Privacy, Today we are announcing that our 'CryptoParty Sydney' Meetup group is renamed to 'CryptoAUSTRALIA Digital Self-Defence & Privacy'. We have been busy bringing you exciting workshops and speakers throughout
About Us About us: Nick Kavadias Nick is data engineer and recent law graduate. Since 1999 he has worked for a variety of different businesses including several Australian ISPs, the financial services industry and technology start-ups. He hopes to
Press Releases PRESS RELEASE: CryptoAUSTRALIA Appoints New Advisory Board Member CryptoAUSTRALIA is pleased to announce the appointment of Edward Yuwono as an Advisory Board member. Edward will assist the Board of Directors with their strategy and decision-making activities. "It is a pleasure
About Us About us: Takahiro Nei Takahiro Nei is a serial entrepreneur from Japan with numerous start-up engagements in Chicago, London, Myanmar (Burma), Tokyo and now Sydney. He is CryptoAUSTRALIA's Director of Fundraising Strategy. CA: Can you tell us
About Us About us: Aiza Kamar Aiza is CryptoAUSTRALIA’s treasurer and a respected SCADA professional with over a decade industry experience CA: Can you tell us a little about your background? The signs were there early. As a