Anybody who is even remotely privacy minded is losing their minds right now. Why? Because the US government (by a slim margin of 215 to 205) has decided to dismantle rules preventing ISPs from collecting data on users' online activity (including browsing history) and selling it to third parties. These rules weren't yet in effect; they were going to be in force later...
Happy International Women's Day. A lot of people will be paying lip service to feminism today. Rather than add to the onslaught of glib little posts about the empowerment of women, I wanted to talk about something real. Let's talk about women and the law. Let's talk about how private practice is haemorrhaging women. Let's talk about how to stop the bleeding. The...
On February 16, 2017, a US judge denied an application for a search warrant which included the power for police to compel anybody in the house being searched to provide their fingerprint in order to unlock their iPhone. You can read the whole decision if you like. Before we begin, and on a serious note, it's important to point out the allegations made...
The University of Calgary is in the news for two reasons: (1) They have been outed as an academic institution that does not believe in the use of the Oxford Comma BUSTED. and... (2) They've jumped on the Trump bandwagon and are taking steps to “close parts of the Internet”. That's right. Apparently, the University of Calgary (U of C) is in the...
Because it's fall... and because I haven't posted in a while... and because litter is serious business. **this letter has been posted with the permission of my clients, the Kitties** ...
Happy almost Hack-versary, AshleyMadison.com On July 20, 2015 the hacking collective Impact Team accessed and downloaded the personal and financial data of Ashley Madison’s users - almost all 37 million of them. Impact Team attempted to hold AM hostage - their terms: shut down or the information is released. Ashley Madison did not shut down and on August 18, 2015, the Impact Team...
On February 16, 2016, Apple drew a line in the sand. As these things do often do, this line came in the form of an open letter. The Apple Customer Letter was published on Apple's website and is signed by Apple CEO, Tim Cook. It's a response to a judicial ruling requiring Apple to assist the FBI in unlocking (decrypting) the iPhone 5c...
