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Google In Schools
G Suite for Education is making waves in the Canadian education market. And why not? It looks like a win-win-win. Too good to be true?
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Net Neutrality
Net Neutrality is a simple dictate that states all network packets must be treated equally. This—of course—tanks a few business models for ISPs and in the US, they have successfully lobbying to remove previously regulations.
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Transparency & Backpedaling
Security and privacy center on trust. You can't have that without a high level of transparency. In this day and age, everything comes to light eventually. Better to be up front and open with most activities.
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Encryption Law Enforcement And Transparency
Apparently the FBI misrepresented the number of devices they can't access due to encryption by up to a factor of 6x. This is most likely due to clerical error and a lack of actual statistics rather than malicious intent.
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Being Transparent With User Data
How do you handle data collection from your users? Is it hidden and suspect like the current rash of mobile provider exposures? With no opt-out like Microsoft Office? Or clear and transparent?
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Ethics In Technology & Security
Deep thoughts in this episode around ethics in technology and their use. Sparked by the latest issues around mobile phone tracking, this episode tackles the lack of ethics discussions around security and technology.
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A.I.'s Security & Privacy Impact
There have been a lot of advancements in AI research and use lately, but are we moving in the right direction? Are we having the right conversations around AIs impact?
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The F8 Fallout
Facebook wrapped up its F8 conference this week with a series of new product announcements. In this episode, we'll take a look and see how these announcements fit into the bigger picture.
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F8 & The Future Of Facebook
Facebook is hosting its annual F8 conference and it appears that this will be a reserved year. Understandable given the scandals of late...
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Poor Naming Choice For Gmail Redesign
Gmail just launched a nice, new redesigned UI. It'sslick and has some great new features. One feature, "Confidential Mode", is particularly interesting and poorly named/positioned.
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iOS Graykey And Going Dark
Encryption on mobile devices is a challenge for law enforcement. 3rd party companies often use hacks in their products to address this need. Is it right? Is it sustainable?
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Apple vs. The FBI
The FBI and other federal law enforcement in the US (and elsewhere) continue to push back against "going dark". Thankfully Apple is fighting back, because when we break security systems and processes, no one wins. This post tracks the signficant events in Apple vs. the FBI.