Research Network for a Secure Australia: Social Implications

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Research Network for a Secure Australia Social
Implications

• National Reconciliation Week

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The Australia Card Revisited

• by
• Professor Jennifer Seberry

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Identity Theft
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What Do They Know About Me?

• My neighbours
• My colleagues
• International business
• The government
• Security agencies

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Bob Jones has a credit card

• Bob is 40, married, an Electrical Engineer. He
  lives in a nice house in a Wollongong suburb (say
  Gwynnville)
• He uses his credit card for everything.
• Last Friday he bought the Financial Review, spent
  8 on breakfast, 68 on petrol, spent 20 on
  lunch including two beers, he withdrew 500 from
  the ATM, spent 400 on Lingerie, bought a bottle
  of Black label Johnny Walker for 60 and bought a
  computer magazine.

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Telephone Calls

• We can use the latest software to track all the
  telephone calls Bob makes
• (George Bush !!!!)

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So what do we know about Bob Jones?

• He probably has shares (80 probability)
• He had a heavy starch breakfast probably hes
  over weight
• He works at Port Kembla but this is the third
  time this week hes filled the tank why?
• The time of his purchase says he was probably
  late for work

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• He telephoned Joe Book several times. Joe Book
  has been arrested in 2003, 2004 and 2006 for
  illegal bookmaking
• The cash withdrawal makes us think hes doing
  something illegal
• The lingerie was very expensive its not his
  wifes size
• Phone calls to hair restorers suggest hes going
  bald

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• Many of his phone calls are to Jane Doe
• He made bookings for Jupiters Casino on the Gold
  Coast. This is his third trip there in the past
  few months without his wife. There is no work
  related reason to go to Jupiters
• This is his third bottle of Johnny Walker this
  month
• He purchased the Johnny Walker and the magazine
  in Thirroul (which is of course not between home
  and work

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Someone Stolen Your Identity?
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How do I get back My Identity
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The Case of Mr O
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Spelling Mistakes - RTA
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DSS Card

• Compulsory
• Govt finance to individuals
• Govt funded health
• Who knows what else in future
• Devil in unannounced detail
• Target Groups???? In future

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• www.uow.edu.au/jennie

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Thank You