Tech giants are trying to obliterate privacy. Australia has a rare chance to take back part of their power | Lizzie O'Shea

‘Pervert glasses’ are selling out, tick-a-box consent is broken and the spectre of surveillance is invading all aspects of our lives Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast A mere five years after the government first started talking about it, new changes have finally been proposed for the Privacy Act. They could not be more overdue and urgent. ‘Pervert glasses’ are selling out at Kmart, facial recognition technology is proliferating in our everyday environments, and…