** This is one part of a five part series I did for CBC Mainstreet Cape Breton on Intellectual Property Law. The audio is available here - the following is the script of the audio recording - ENJOY** The average Canadian watches 22 hrs of television per week. This used to mean we were glued to an ever-glowing box, connected to a cable,...
** this is a follow-up post from my talk at B-Sides Cape Breton where I discussed the practical impacts of the Notice-and-Notice Scheme for Copyright infringement in Canada - the complete slide-deck is available here ** B-Sides Cape Breton was fantastic. So many good questions. So... much... sass. Thank you for having me, B-Sides CB. Also... B-Sides attendees, I made you a gift. Down to...
Full disc encryption. Fully encrypted back-ups. Back-ups for my back-ups. Am I a criminal? No - I'm a responsible lawyer who understands technology (at least on a cursory level) and is vicious about maintaining the confidentiality of her clients. The internet is a weird mix of bedroom and public park. People use the internet for intensely personal things, but they also use it...
Word on the internet is that people who were trying to cheat on their spouses, using the internet, have fallen victim to the internet. How do I feel about this? - Disillusioned. Not about people cheating. Please. You don't have to be a lawyer to know this, but people CHEAT. You don't have to practice family law to know this wisdom. In the...
What happens if Tech Co. is hacked or experiences a data breach in some other way? I've had nightmares like this. As a lawyer, I store intensely personal information I've collected from my clients on my machine. What would I do if that information was taken? What am I required to do under the law? Lawyers have a duty to report a breach...
Once I spit into this weird little tube, it's out there and I can't take it back. Pandora's box. Distopian fears. Gattaca. I read Brave New World at a formative point in my adolescence. I read the 23andMe privacy policy. The whole thing (#lawnerd). Despite the fact that they can share my Genetic Information with their unnamed subsidaries, I was satisfied that at this...
Let's start simply. On April 16th I gave a talk at the Atlantic Security Conference (@AtlSecCon) on general privacy issues surrounding border crossings and password disclosure. The talk was called Mandatory Key Disclosure & Self-Incrimination in Canada (you, dear reader and fellow citizen, can find the presentation here). The talk came in the wake of Alain Phillipon's arrest at the Canadian border for...
