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Book Review: Cybersecurity is Everybody’s Business
By samantha summers on April 22, 2020 | Tagged with book review, cybersecurity, Digital Security, privacy, security
Cybersecurity is Everybody’s Business: Solve the Security Puzzle for Your Small Business and Home Scott N. Schober, with Craig Schober (2019) Digital Tattoo Rating: 4/5 1 2 3 4 5 Leave it on the shelf Give it a skim An informative read Would give to a friend A must read!!! Cybersecurity is Everybody’s […]
Zooming Into Remote Working
By samantha summers on April 17, 2020 | Tagged with apps, Online Safety, privacy, Video, Work, Zoom
To quote every single email I have both sent and received in the past month, we are living in strange times. Many workplaces, schools, and friend groups have had their regular activities disrupted, and human contact is (temporarily) no longer an option. With nowhere else to go, the world has turned online. While there are […]
Guest Post: What’s in a Category: Definitions of Authenticity, Transparency, and the Social-Bot
By Eseohe Ojo on March 30, 2020 | Tagged with Bots, Data, Digital Privacy Act, Digital Security, PIPEDA, Surveillance Capitalism
What’s in a Category: Definitions of Authenticity, Transparency, and the Social-Bot by Nicholas Lindsay Lewis After Surveillance Capitalism, Soshana Zuboff’s 2018 magnum opus on data and the platform economy, it is safe to establish two premises. The first, that the process of identifying users is how social media platforms monetize their operations and the second, that […]
Guest Post: Social Media Lockdown on the Job Hunt: Who is to Blame?
By Eseohe Ojo on March 16, 2020 | Tagged with digital dossier, job hunting, job seeking, Social media
Guest Post: Social Media Lockdown on the Job hunt: Who is to Blame? by Patty Facy It seems as though every millennial who has gone job hunting is aware of the Social Media Lockdown. Close your accounts, hide all mentions of your name, untag yourself from unsavoury photos and content; build a fortress to protect […]
Guest Post: Are Instagram Stories As Safe As You Think?
By Eseohe Ojo on March 2, 2020 | Tagged with Digital Security, Instagram, Instagram Stories, Online Safety
Guest Post: Are Instagram Stories As Safe As You Think? By Priyaa Sathiyaseelan In the year 2006, Time magazine chose the People of the year to be You – to recognize the millions of people who anonymously contribute user-generated content to Wikipedia, YouTube, Facebook, and the multitudes of other websites featuring user contribution. Because without […]
Time for TikTok? Security issues and the meteoric rise of TikTok
By samantha summers on February 24, 2020 | Tagged with apps, Digital Safety, privacy
After its launch in 2017, video-sharing app TikTok has become one of the world’s most popular apps. Filling the cultural void left by the fall of Vine in 2016, it became beloved by teenagers all over the world almost overnight. Developed by Chinese company ByteDance, the app allows users to upload videos only a few […]
Guest Post: Look at Me! Look at Me!: Instagramming an Altered Version of Ourselves
By Eseohe Ojo on February 18, 2020 | Tagged with Digital identity, Instagram, Online Presence, Social media
Guest Post: Look at Me! Look at Me!: Instagramming an Altered Version of Ourselves By Delicia Ansalem Many young people, myself included, rely on social media quite a lot. As a visual platform, it’s easy to share experiences within seconds, sometimes even over-documenting. Overall, a person’s profile and highlights can say a lot about them. […]
Artists’ Series: Implications of the Future: Hito Steyerl’s This is the Future
By defne inceoglu on February 11, 2020 | Tagged with Art Gallery of Ontario, artificial intelligence, drone warfare, Events, hito steyerl, installation art
What does the world feel or look like through the eyes of a drone camera? How has technology changed conflict? Will robots take over the world? How do we contend with the loss of a friend – who’s likeness becomes the symbol of a revolution? How does AI interpret the sound of breaking glass? These […]
Dealing with Online Hate
By Eseohe Ojo on February 7, 2020 | Tagged with Digital Security, online harrassment, online hate, Online Safety
Quotes in the post are from Dylan Marron unless otherwise indicated. Online Hate takes various forms. It ranges from the slightly uncomfortable to the threatening, but it is never any less difficult to deal with. Digital Tattoo was at the 2020 UBC Student Leadership Conference held on January 11, 2020 and had a booth at […]
Guest Post: The Rise and Impact of Twitter Bots in Political Elections
By Eseohe Ojo on February 4, 2020 | Tagged with Digital Security, Online Safety
“The Rise and Impact of Twitter Bots in Political Elections” By Eve Cuthbertson As the 2019 Canadian Federal election comes to a close and the 2020 US election heats up, it’s important to discuss the impact of social media on our democracies – specifically, Twitter bots. Computer scientists at the University of Southern California recently […]
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