With this week’s revelation that the CIA sold compromised encryption devices to spy on America’s allies, and the allegations that Huawei’s technologies contain backdoors for Chinese authorities, Canada is faced with the grim reminder that our technology infrastructure may be acting as agents to foreign governments. If we wish to retain sovereignty over our own information and communications, we need to make some hard choices.
Read MoreEncryption is a crucial part of the technology we use every day. When governments talk about outlawing it, they're proposing a fundamental destruction of our technology infrastructure. This video explains how encryption works, and why it can't be broken in the ways that government and law enforcement want.
The video I’ve created – How Encryption Works and Why it’s So Important – is the culmination of months of work. Thanks for watching it!
Read MoreAfter a long hiatus, I'm back to blogging with OpenMedia! Today I'm tackling the important differences between 2FA and 2-step. One keeps you safer, the other... not so much. Read on to find out more!
Read MoreOver at OpenMedia, I've written a rundown on the Meltdown/Spectre CPU vulnerability: what it is, and what you can do to protect yourself from it.
Read MoreI’ve accomplished a lot in the two years since I re-launched this blog. Today however, reading the news, and reflecting on those past two years, it also sometimes feels like I haven’t done a single goddamned thing.
Welcome to the end of infosec. In the words of a fictional IT pro: Hold onto your butts.
I wrote a parody news piece about Theresa May, outlawing encryption, and the ridiculous end-results of such thinking. Enjoy!
Read MoreThe recent ransomware attacks should be an IT security wake up call for all of us. For the healthcare sector, it should be a code blue.
Read my latest for OpenMedia to become terrifyingly informed.
Read MoreWhen all our things have little computers in them, companies can make the rules about how and when we'll use our things, or if we can repair them. In my latest for OpenMedia, I go over all the troubling implications this new status quo presents.
Read MoreOver at OpenMedia.org, I provide some quick commentary on why customs agents demanding people's passwords isn't just a gross violation of privacy, it also undermines IT security culture, putting users at further risk.
Read MoreOn Monday, Province journalist Mike Smyth reported that a seemingly private document was freely available on the BC Liberals' public website; a document containing the e-mail addresses and postal codes of about 100 people who took part in a Liberal public-outreach effort.
Read MoreA bit of a furor developed this week in BC politics, and to the potential delight of IT professionals like me, it's a story about incorrect file permissions.
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