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Clubhouse's Entirely Predictable Privacy and Moderation Issues
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Clubhouse's Entirely Predictable Privacy and Moderation Issues

Clubhouse is the hot new social network. It's a promising audio-only network that now boasts over 2 millions active weekly users. During this rise, it's committed some easily avoidable and obvious mistakes around privacy and content moderation. Can they recover?

Major Ransomware Services Busted
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Major Ransomware Services Busted

Emotet and NetWalker are both taken offline within days of each. A big wins for users, law enforcement, and international cooperation...at least for a little while.

Politicians Playing Among Us
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Politicians Playing Among Us

On my tech column with CBC Ottawa Morning, I explain how politicians are using the online game, Among Us, as a platform to reach younger audiences.

How AI Could Help Ease Your Zoom Fatigue
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How AI Could Help Ease Your Zoom Fatigue

Is your day chalk full of video calls? Wondering why you're exhausted at the end of the day? The two might be related 😉. In this column, Robyn and I discuss some of the reasons for 'zoom fatigue' and what technology might help address it.

The New Office: Home?
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The New Office: Home?

Is working from home the new normal in tech? Is working from home as simple as ensuring a strong internet connection and access to the right tools? This is an issue with a ton of impacts outside of just the relationships on your team. This post highlights various conversations and points of view on

Stop Drowning Online During Isolation
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Stop Drowning Online During Isolation

We're all stuck inside and it can quickly feel like you're drowning in possibilities for technology that will help you work, learn, and stay in touch with your community. How do you make any of it work? How do you move forward? In this hour long call-in show, Rita Celli and I try to thr

Contact Tracing via Smartphones
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Contact Tracing via Smartphones

Contact tracing during an outbreak is a massive undertaking. Google and Apple are collaborating in order to automate parts of this task. Will it work? What are the challenges? We dive into the issue

Smartphone Addiction
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Smartphone Addiction

Are you addicted to your smartphone? How would you know? Is there anything you can do about it? Over the course of an hour, Rita Celi and I asked people from around Ontario questions about the issue

Privacy at CES 2020
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Privacy at CES 2020

CES 2020 brought out the big (and small) players in tech and one thing they all had in common was how much they used the word "privacy". Is this privacy-washing or the start of real change?

New Rules for Youtube
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New Rules for Youtube

COPPA was passed in the US in 1998 but a recent ruling against YouTube for violating the decades old law means big changes for creators.

Digital ID in Canada
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Digital ID in Canada

Canadian data privacy laws state that an organization is responsible for the life cycle of the data. Most orgs struggle with protecting it while it's in use, what about after they no longer need it?