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Making sense of the stories shaping cybersecurity, privacy, AI, and everything in between. plain.txt unpacks what matters as we navigate an increasingly complex digital landscape – for individuals, organisations, and society alike – cutting through noise to focus on what’s actually happening, and what it means in practice. Hosted by Arjun Ramachandran and Jordan Wilson-Otto, bringing a practitioner-led perspective from their work at ctrl:cyber, an Australian cybersecurity firm helping organisations manage cyber risk across the full security lifecycle.
ctrl:cyber hosts plain.txt, a business show with 154 episodes published.
Is AI going to take all our jobs? This week we dig into this question, starting with a report from Anthropic released this year that cuts against the prevailing panic. We identify some deeper and more nuanced impacts of
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This week we take a closer look at the rapid spread of customer‑facing chatbots on websites and explore the growing risks that come with them. While they often look like a simple website widget, chatbots are increasingly
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To celebrate Privacy Awareness Week, Jordan sits down with Privacy Commissioner Carly Kind to reflect on the PAW theme, her time in the office so far, and what the future holds. The Office of the Australian Information C
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This week Jordan is joined by Dr Kate Bower from the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) to discuss the biggest shake-up to online privacy for Australian kids in 25 years, and how you can have your s
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This week we unpack the dispute between Anthropic and the US Department of Defense and it what it says about AI governance more broadly. What began as a contractual disagreement rapidly turned into a political and legal
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In this episode we explore the implications of an Administrative Review Tribunal ruling that Australian retailer Bunnings was reasonably entitled to use facial recognition technology (FRT) to combat crime and staff abuse
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In our first episode for the year we revisit the big themes of 2025, and explore how they're shaping in 2026. We discuss changing sentiments around AI, its impact on the online information ecosystem, the social media ban
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In this episode we break down the National AI Plan released by the Government in December.The plan broadly sets out how Australia will capture the opportunities of AI, how the benefits will be spread across the economy a
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AI chatbots are becoming increasingly intimate spaces, with people using them for companionship, therapy and as a helpful personal assistant. While our interactions with chatbots like ChatGPT and Copilot get more persona
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This week we analyse the implications of the first ever civil penalties ordered under the Privacy Act. In October, the Federal Court ordered that Australian Clinical Labs pay $5.8 million in civil penalties in relation t
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This week Arj is joined by elevenM colleague Brett Watson to breakdown the issues surrounding the rollout of facial recognition technology (FRT) across retail settings, stadiums and other venues in Australia. The Privacy
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This week we unpack the concept of sovereign AI, which is increasingly shaping both Australian and global conversations about national AI approaches. We explore what sovereign AI means, the problem it seeks to solve, and
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This week we discuss the growing use of workplace surveillance technologies, triggered by a legal case involving an Australian compliance training company. The case highlights the use of monitoring software that records
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**CONTENT WARNING** This episode contains discussion of suicide and mental health themes. Please contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue on 1300 224 636. This week we discuss the rise of AI companions. In the midst o
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This week we unpack the national conversation about AI's role in solving Australia's productivity challenges. The Productivity Commission recently published a report arguing for a cautious approach to AI regulation, on t
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This week we take a deeper look at recent high-profile cyber attacks, which have breached organisations like Qantas and Marks & Spencer. For all the talk of technical sophistication, especially in the time of AI, hackers
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This week we explore why so many organisations fall short in how they respond publicly to a cyber incident or data breach. Even for organisations that have a well-exercised "crisis communications" muscle, too often a dat
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This week we revisit the conversation around banning under 16s from social media, and the range of technologies being considered to verify the ages of would-be social media users. We examine the preliminary findings of a
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This week we explore growing tension between the importance of safeguarding user privacy online, and the public and social value that comes from researchers having access to growing volumes of data on social media platfo
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This week we discuss the increasing prevalence of AI generated content online (aka 'AI slop'), on social media and even in books, journalism and academic journals. We explore how AI tools are enabling the generation of s
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