Joey Levesque
Phone Security 101
Universities can be dangerous places. Exams, assignments, thieves and faculty lie in wait for the unsuspecting undergrad; of these, only theft can be (responsibly) avoided. This is important in the age of the smartphone; losing your device can lead to identity theft, bank fraud, and all sorts of scary-bad-no-fun situations. What can students do to […]
Academics Anonymous
As we’ve said many times before, privacy is essential to academic freedom and free expression. Anonymous browsing is one way for academics to ensure their privacy online (to the extent that’s possible) and can be done in a number of ways; chief among these are virtual private networks (VPNs), proxy servers and TOR – a browser purpose-built […]
Cyberattacks and you
The digitization of universities has rendered these centres of open information exchange vulnerable to new forms of espionage. While attacks are focused on research – particularly cutting-edge engineering and biomedical technologies – personal information about students and faculty is also a target. While the university has an interest in preventing or at the very least […]
Surveillance for students: a primer
What with nearly-omnipresent network surveillance and concomitant self-censorship, students (academics in general, really) face a new set of challenges to their freedom of expression and privacy.There are several areas here of particular concern for students; notable among these are copyright, academic freedom and privacy. Even educational surveillance can create an atmosphere of distrust, detracting from learning and […]
Privacy, information and civil rights: Bill C-51
I am of the opinion that the passing of Bill C-51 threatens the privacy and freedom of Canadians. It would authorize intra-governmental disclosure of information pertaining to Canadian security, limit air-travel abilities of persons suspected of posing a threat (domestically or abroad), criminalization of ‘terrorist speech’ (which seems hopelessly vague), the granting of disruptive power […]
Geotagging
Do you know how geotagging works? Check out the newest video in our Think Before You Ink series – then read more about geotags. Video by Digital Tattoo
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