Cyber-security issue for Indigenous people:-
At present, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have low levels of home internet access compared with other Australians, irrespective of where they live. Over 2011–2012 the Regional Telecommunications Independent Review Committee conducted its first review of telecommunications services in regional, rural and remote Australia. In its submission to that review, the Indigenous Remote Communications Association (IRCA) recognised the potential of digital convergence technologies for social, service and economic development in remote Indigenous communities: Remote access to broadband will reduce the vast digital divide for remote Indigenous populations and provide significant outcomes in terms of social and economic development.
According to the IRCA, remote Indigenous peoples are rapid adopters of new digital technologies, such as
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The CCI has given reference to a study it had conducted at the PCR in 2012 to evaluate the benefits of shared computer facilities. The study demonstrated that reliance on shared facilities in larger remote Indigenous settlements, compared with the expectation of home connection elsewhere, will give rise to social inequalities experienced by remote Indigenous residents. On the other hand, equal access to communications and information technologies works for the potential to extend education, health, e-government, commerce, communication and entertainment applications to remote Indigenous constituents, which will help them manage aspects of daily life and to remove the disadvantages experienced by them in the access of information. Cyber-safety is not considered as a significant issue by residents, however there are some concerns about the use of social media sites. However proposals for increased mobile coverage is an alarm for some Elders, who