...Just a quick warning about a phishing scam targeted at Canadians -- this morning I received an email purportedly from the "Trust and Safety Department" at the Royal Bank of Canada. The message was well-formatted and of a higher quality than many other common phishing attempts; it could easily be mistaken as legitimate.
The email [...]
Tags: · Canada, Computers, Email, Information Security, Internet, Privacy, Security, Spam, Technology
The ghost of Lawrence MacAulay haunts me. It may haunt all of Canada if we don't get our heads straight and start beating down overreactive and intrusive legislation drafted by people who don't understand technology.
Various Canadian police organizations have long clamoured for significantly expanded wiretapping rights. Lawrence MacAulay, Martin Cauchon and Allan Rock [...]
Tags: · Canada, Censorship, Civil Liberties, Freedom, Government, Information Security, Law, Personal, Politics, Privacy, Ranting, Technology
Matt Haughey wrote recently about the point at which he lost all respect for Bill Gates. The issue turns out to be Gates' position on the legalities surrounding personal online publishing, which he he equates as being equal to print media. There are all sorts of open-ended questions here, and I don't think [...]
Tags: · Computers, Freedom, Information Security, Internet, Media, Movies, Music, Privacy, Security, Software, Technology, Television