Guest Post: Deepfake Impact is Real
Guest Post: Deepfake Impact is Real By Hossein Torabi Deepfaking is growing fast and has already gained popularity in social media. According to Cellan-Jones (2019), the number of online deepfake videos has almost doubled in the past nine months, rising from 7964 online videos in December 2018 to 14698 in October 2019. A lot has […]
Guest Post: Spying Made Simple: How ‘Stalkerware’ Tools Pose a Growing Online Surveillance Risk
Guest Post: Spying Made Simple: How ‘Stalkerware’ Tools Pose a Growing Online Surveillance Risk by Kaitlyn Simpson In July 2018, libertarian magazine Reason published an article by Declan McCullagh entitled, “To Spy on a Cheating Spouse.” The self-proclaimed magazine of “free minds and free markets,” proudly showcased a how-to guide for spying on partners within […]
Guest Post: The Challenges of Live-Tweeting
Guest Post: The Challenges of Live-Tweeting by Victoria Yang My introduction to live-tweeting occurred in 2013, when I was invited to my very first conference as a teenager. Although this was six years ago, I still remember that the email invitation prominently featured one question: what’s your Twitter handle? Delegates were encouraged to maintain an […]
9 Privacy and Security Tips for Working from Home
We hope that you’re staying safe and healthy, complying by public health rules and regulations, and doing your best to get through these tough times in good spirits. Many of us are going to be studying and working from home for a while even as things reopen. This means that we’re not only closer to […]
Guest Post: What Can You Do About Fake Reviews: The Case of Sunday Riley
Guest Post: What Can You Do About Fake Reviews: The Case of Sunday Riley by Carmen Wong To buy, or to not buy, that is the question…you check out the customer reviews to see what others are saying, but with so many reviews, both good and bad, to filter through, who do you believe and […]
The more things change…
Recently I have been reflecting on how approaches to Internet safety have changed since I was a child in the 90s and early 00s. Back then, it was all Neopets and games on the Disney channel website. In later years (the mid 2000s), my classmates all flocked to personal blogging websites like MySpace, and all […]
