by Lee Rickwood
The need for effective countermeasures to fight the spread of the coronavirus, and for reliable information to fight our confusion, anxiety, or skepticism about COVID-19, is paramount.
Much of today’s technology is designed to deceive and manipulate us — not to protect us, our privacy or our property. Into our smartphones and our social media sites and our connected digital gadgetry, product designers have embedded certain techniques…
by Lee Rickwood
From many perspectives, it’s a good year for covering your face. But that still may not be enough.
by Lee Rickwood
We need urgent national policies that protect our security and digital privacy while ensuring equal access for all.
By Christine Persaud
Apps for Keeping In Touch With Friends and Family During Social Distancing. Here are some great ways that you can use technology to make sure that social distancing doesn’t translate to having no social interaction.
by Lee Rickwood
Seeing privacy as a kind of natural resource brings the discussion right up to date. Our natural environment is in jeopardy, too,
by Lee Rickwood
It is surely art for our digital times: full of pop culture references, packed with familiar gadgets, sprinkled with the occasional four-letter word, Steyerl’s art describes our daily interactions with technology with great insight.
Here’s some good back to school advice for students and young people: protecting data is more than fun and games. To push home the point, the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, along with his provincial and territorial counterparts, has released a…