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When was the last time you read all the Terms and Conditions before clicking “I agree”? We sign away our right to privacy on a daily basis, often for no more than a game. High-profile hacks have put the vulnerability of our information in the headlines.

But is it foreign actors we need to beware of, or a threat closer to home? As governments ask for ever greater surveillance capabilities, should we more urgently question powers taken in the name of security?

Featured:

Ed Santow, Australian Human Rights Commissioner

Paul Farrell, ABC

Peter Lewis, Director, Centre for Responsible Technology

Dr Sacha Molitoricz, Centre for Media Transition, UTS

Dr Peter Rogers, Senior Lecturer, Sociology of Law, Macquarie University

Dr Matt Beard, Fellow, Ethics Centre

Ella Buckland

All Things Equal is a 2SER podcast made in collaboration with the Centre of Social Justice and Inclusion at the University of Technology Sydney.

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