The benefits of services like Facebook and Twitter are undeniable. They connect billions of people, enable communication at the speed of thought, and they have also, for better or worse, made it possible for anyone to voice out their opinions and beliefs. But what happens when these services are abused?
By Ted Kritsonis
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote a long blog post exclaiming the social network’s new vigour towards building a “privacy-focused communications platform,” but it’s what he hasn’t said that speaks louder.
by Lee Rickwood
We need more and more tools to keep our information safe in an environment that was supposed to make information open, available and accessible.
by Lee Rickwood
As more and more immigration applications are processed by artificial intelligence systems, the technology can predict who will be accepted as a successful applicant and why.
Much of today’s technology is designed to deceive and manipulate users, not to protect their privacy. In our smartphones and our social media sharing sites and our online business networks, product designers are using certain settings, colours, patterns, techniques and…
With their energetic announcements about the use and popularity of their music sync and listening app, Montreal-based mobile application developers are clearly amp’ed about AmpMe. Citing over 20 million users worldwide and claiming title to the record of most devices…
by Lee Rickwood
Among the criteria used to determine successful applicants to Canada’s Smart Cities Challenge, there were no requirements for data protection or a privacy impact assessment.
By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla
Despite Huawei’s success in various areas and the high-praise, their latest flagship smartphones have received, the mass effect of the company’s sketchy reputation could stall their progress on a global scale.