By Jason Cheung on November 6, 2018 | Tagged with Consent, Cyber Security, geolocation, google, In the News, privacy policy, surveillance
Google launched version 69.0 of its Chrome web browser on September 5, 2018 [1]. After the last version update of the browser [2], we talked Google’s decision to mark all HTTP-only websites as ‘Not Secure’. In their update for Chrome 69, Google decided to log users who had turned the ‘Sync’ feature into their […]
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By Jason Cheung on October 23, 2018 | Tagged with data trail, geolocation, google, GPS, In the News, surveillance
You probably already know that there are tradeoffs involved with certain services offered through the internet. One such tradeoff is providing a service with your geographic location to find out where you are, or how to get to a destination from your current location. Google also receives your current geographic location via GPS data sent […]
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By elyse hill on October 16, 2018 | Tagged with Events, In the News, laws, news, regulations, smartphone
As of September of this year, elementary and middle school children in France are no longer allowed to carry their smartphones while in school. As a part of Emmanuel Macron’s presidential campaign, the controversial ban details that children up to the age of 15 must either leave their phones at home or give them to […]
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By dominique rivera on October 10, 2018 | Tagged with Cyber Security, cybercrime, Hidden Information, Review
Do you really know what your social media exposure is? What if you discovered that photographs or videos that you thought were secured, hidden or private, could be exposed with just a click of a button? Worse, how can you figure it out and change it? Intel Techniques is a website created by “small […]
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By Jason Cheung on October 9, 2018 | Tagged with Digital Rights, ECHELON, Five Eyes, Government Control, Government Surveillance, In the News, PRISM, Snowden, surveillance
Five Eyes (FVEY) Intelligence Alliance is a multi-national agreement for signals intelligence between Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United States, and the United Kingdom [1]. This group emerged as a result of the 1943 Britain-United States of America Agreement (1943 BRUSA Agreement)[2]. Although the treaty was signed and enacted in 1943, the public was only […]
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By elyse hill on October 2, 2018 | Tagged with Data Collection, Hacking, In the News, privacy
Last month, researchers from Lancaster University in England released work detailing a new technique where a smartphone’s built-in speaker and microphone can act as a sonar system to steal the phone’s unlock pattern. Sonar (Sound Navigation and Ranging) uses sound propagation to detect the surrounding objects and their movements [1]. In this case, the development […]
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By Jason Cheung on September 25, 2018 | Tagged with cybercrime, cybersecurity, home monitoring, In the News, IoT, privacy, security, surveillance, utilities
Thinking of upgrading your thermostat or doorbell to a smart, internet-enabled device? You may want to consider the consequences of creating a connection to certain parts or systems of your home through the internet. Smart electricity meters are one example of internet-enabled elements of a person’s home. These meters can read and send the monthly […]
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By dominique rivera on September 24, 2018 | Tagged with Digital Conservation, Environmentalism, Groupthink, Virality
Is social media disrupting the nature of conservation efforts? Have you taken a selfie while hiking, camping, or enjoying the wilderness? Have you thought about what kinds of ecological impacts your selfie may cause? You may be thinking to yourself: “How on earth could taking a nature selfie have ecological consequences?” You may think that […]
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By bryan short on September 13, 2018 | Tagged with digital tattoo podcast
The Digital Tattoo Podcast – Episode 6 With a federal election approaching in Canada, I sat down with the Michael McEvoy, the Information and Privacy for British Columbia, and talked about potential threats to the democratic process. We also discussed how the role of his office is changing and what he learned as a lead […]
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