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GUEST OPINION:  We can use the internet to buy almost anything and connect to practically anyone, yet such freedoms come at a price. We're talking about privacy, which looks to be on ever-thinner ice. Savvy internet users know they can minimize their footprint by not oversharing on social media and being careful about which services they sign up for. However, did you know that merely browsing can tell those who know what to look for a lot about you?

A well-known security researcher has pointed out a major flaw in an article about hacking published by the Australian Financial Review on 26 June: its over-eagerness in attributing attacks, when that is the toughest part of a threat analyst's job.

Google has announced a number of new services in a targeted effort to protect news organisations and human rights groups from cyber effects and, more broadly, 'free expression' on the Internet.