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Snowden revelations: John Key failing leadership test with terrorists-under-the-bed response

John Key worked to undermine the <i>Herald</I>'s spying revelations before he knew what they were, writes David Fisher.

Gehan Gunasekara: Privacy training essential

'We take our obligations under the Privacy Act seriously" is a common refrain, sadly, observed more in the breach, writes Gehan Gunasekara.

Apple boss says he understands privacy angst

Apple boss Tim Cook's been on tour - saying he too is worried about online privacy.

Changes to spy network come slowly

Exclusive: Flaws in the management of New Zealand's spy networks have been exposed, including problems getting intelligence material to the Prime Minister.

Smartphones and the flu fight

Health authorities could gain an unprecedented picture of how the flu spreads with complex models that reveal how we move among each other.

Juha Saarinen: Power with smarts

Smartmeter concerns have been around for quite some time now, and yes, they can be hacked.

Campbell Live went 'too far'

The broadcasters of Campbell Live have been ordered to pay a woman who carried out experiments on beagles.

Telco's handling of identity fraud case ruled 'inadequate'

NZ's war against spammers

It's being described as a war, an arms race, an unseen struggle where the stakes are being raised and the weapons redefined each minute - the war a faceless cyber-criminal.

Patient files lost on busy motorway

Sensitive health documents of four dead patients have been spilled on to a busy Auckland motorway.

Dotcom: I'm a pariah in New Zealand

Embattled internet tycoon Kim Dotcom says he is bearing the brunt of a vicious public backlash since the general election.

GCSB saga: Reporter receives apology

In a last minute year-end coda to the serpentine illegal GCSB spying saga, a political reporter has received an apology from Parliamentary Service over a breach of her privacy.

Dotcom loses warrant fight

The police raids on internet mogul Kim Dotcom’s mansion were legal, the Supreme Court has ruled.

Is North Korea under cyber-attack?

North Korea is suffering internet outages just days after Barack Obama's warning over the Sony hacking.

Sony cyber-attack: US weighs response to hacking

Last month's devastating cyber-attack on Sony Pictures was not an "act of war", but simple vandalism, President Barack Obama has said.

David Glance: When emails come back to bite

There is a lesson for us all in the continuing revelations from stolen Sony emails being splashed over worldwide media.