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Digital Identity Digest (March 2019)

By Monique Rodrigues on April 11, 2019 | Tagged with Academic Honesty, Canvas, computer science, Data Collection, Data Ownership, Digital identity, Digital Identity Digest, education, Events, Hacking, law, learning analytics, Learning Management System, public interest technology, sociology, technology, UBC, universities

What are universities doing with all the data they collect about you? The Ubyssey published an article about how UBC intends to use students’ data to provide insights to support teaching and learning through its learning analytics project. Although it sounds like a positive development in education, some people are concerned about whether the extensive […]

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Digital Finance Series: Contactless Pay

Digital Finance Series: Contactless Pay

By defne inceoglu on April 4, 2019 | Tagged with banking, chip tech, Digital Security, finance, fraud, Online Safety, tap, technology

Most people in Canada have tap on their credit and debit cards; in fact banks standardized this a number of years ago. It makes for quicker, easier transactions by removing the need to enter a pin number. But how safe is it against fraud or theft? On this week’s episode of Digital Tattoo’s Digital Finance […]

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Digital Identity Digest (December 2018)

By Monique Rodrigues on January 22, 2019 | Tagged with blockchain, consumer behaviour, digital diploma, Digital identity, Digital Identity Digest, education, facebook, geolocation, Geotagging, privacy, technology

Do the benefits of having a Facebook account outweigh the risks? In December, Facebook hit the headlines once again for a privacy scandal. This time, they revealed that a Photo API bug gave some third-party apps too much access to the photos of up to 6.8 million users. According to their statement, developers might have […]

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New on the Podcast: The City with Eyes

New on the Podcast: The City with Eyes

By bryan short on June 13, 2018 | Tagged with Bianca Wylie, digital tattoo, digital tattoo podcast, Episode 5, podcast, privacy, Sidewalk Labs, Sidewalk Toronto, Smart City, surveillance, technology, The City with Eyes

The Digital Tattoo Podcast – Episode 5 As the government of Canada slowly prepares to embrace the future of city building, a small plot of land races ahead to become the nation’s first smart city. Sidewalk Labs, a subsidiary of Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc., is developing a proposal for 12 acres on the downtown […]

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Technology companies are updating their privacy policies for their benefit, not yours

By bryan short on May 25, 2018 | Tagged with EU, GDPR, personal data, privacy, regulations, technology

You may have noticed that a lot of companies are updating their privacy policies. It’s not a coincidence. And these major corporations haven’t suddenly begun caring about the privacy of their users; in fact, many are still profiting from exploiting the information that they collect. These companies are updating their privacy policies to protect themselves. […]

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Five take away lessons from the Digital Tattoo

Five take away lessons from the Digital Tattoo

By Kathleen Kalk on April 24, 2014 | Tagged with Digital Footprint, digital tattoo, Geotagging, Google Alerts, privacy, Social media, technology

I have been lucky enough to work for The Digital Tattoo Project since September 2012. The following (almost) two years have taught me so much, not just about protecting my online identity but all sorts of skills both hard and soft. For example, I now know how to create DIY educational materials as well as […]

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The future is here

By Kathleen Kalk on January 28, 2010 | Tagged with technology

If you have been watching late night news in the past few days, you no doubt will have encountered some type of coverage of Apple’s latest device, the iPad. Naming problems aside (I am reminded here of Mad TV’s skit involving an iRaq, a shelf, and an iRan, a shoe) the question is will this […]

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