Cyberspace is a human constructed virtual environment that is new and constantly evolving. Our ability to trust in this new virtual environment cannot rely solely on our ‘real world’ ability to understand and predict the behaviour of others. Our trust in this virtual environment must rely partly on our implied trust in the technology that [...]
The recently released Public Discussion Paper, supporting the development of Australia’s first Cyber White Paper, makes use of the term ‘digital citizenship’.
It’s an odd term. Citizenship has traditionally been associated with being part of a nation, for example an Australian citizen.
National citizenship has also been associated with a set of rights (the right [...]
There is no question that over the last several years, new technologies have had a transformative effect on the way we do business and how we communicate as a society. As of this moment there are around 2 billion people connected to the Internet: this figure is only set to increase in the coming years.
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