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Australian university used Wi-Fi location data to identify student protestors

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Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Date Published: 2025-08-25

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Simon Sharwood

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An Asia-focused roundup: the University of Melbourne’s use of Wi‑Fi location data to identify student protestors was deemed a privacy policy failure by Victoria’s Information Commissioner; Fastly explores adapting its CDN model for Asia’s infrastructure realities; SK Hynix begins mass production of 321‑layer QLC NAND for upcoming SSDs; a Grab app glitch briefly produced four‑figure fares; India bans “online money games” over user harms; and Japanese mobile game developers increasingly adopt their own payment systems ahead of new app store rules.

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