After all the hype are contact tracing apps just an expensive con? Can personal information really be de-identified? And is Tik-Tok a place for ironic lip-synching or the latest theatre of geopolitical conflict?

 Join Lizzie O’Shea from Digital Rights Watch, Dan Stinton from Guardian Australia and Peter Lewis from the Centre for Responsible Technology for their fortnightly deep-dive into the politics of tech.

• Qld agencies told to review public datasets after de-identification lapses

• PTV research from Dr Chris Culnane, Associate Professor Benjamin I. P. Rubinstein, and Associate Professor Vanessa Teague, University of Melbourne

• Melbourne Conversations: Democratise the internet with Lizzie O'Shea