Category: migrants

Australia exposed data for over 774,000 migrants

Post author By Randall
Post date May 3, 2020
Categories In Australia, data, gear, government, Internet, migrants, News, Privacy, Security, Tech

[ad_1] Carelessness with data is dangerous as a general rule, but it’s particularly damaging when it affects vulnerable groups. The Australian government is facing criticism after its home affairs department left the personal details of over 774,000 existing and would-be migrants exposed online. As The Guardian observed, the country’s SkillsSelect digital platform made it all […]

PayPal and GoFundMe cut off donations to militia detaining migrants

Post author By Randall
Post date April 20, 2019
Categories In crowdfunding, gear, gofundme, immigration, Internet, migrants, militia, paypal, Tech

[ad_1] The group has been accused of not only detaining migrants at gunpoint, violating citizen’s arrest limits, but of impersonating law enforcement. Mark Cheney, who describes himself as a commander for UCP, denied that the group had used online donations for weapons. However, he acknowledged that the cutoff “killed” the group’s resources — it’s scrambling […]