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Ottawa defends spy agency, says collection of Canadians’ data ‘incidental’ @ CBC News

January 24, 2014

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The future when it comes to the tech sector is #cybersecurity ….I keep saying the digital game will change and now that we know our information and data is being tracked, we don’t have digital endpoint rights when it comes to our privacy either and we all utilize technology devices, join multiple Internet platforms, utilize […]

Privacy & Cyber Security is a concern globally

December 1, 2013

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I agree privacy and security isn’t about just fighting cybercrime only in the 21st century, the issue now is about our end point rights and who views our data and it is being used for monetary cost without considering the human cost. According to Michael Geist, Canada’s research chair on the Internet and e-commerce law […]

Adobe compromised and so were the users?

October 4, 2013

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Adobe Systems, which makes softwares like Photoshop and Acrobat, today said credit card information of 2.9 million customers have been stolen from its website in a cyber attack. In a blogpost, Adobe said its security team discovered sophisticated attacks on its network, involving the illegal access to customer information as well as source code for […]

#Brazil President as she condemns #NSA spying at the #United Nations

September 29, 2013

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Good for #Brazil President as she condemns #NSA spying at the #United Nations Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff decided to condemn the US spying program on her country in a speech before the United Nations. The NSA spying program on Brazil, revealed in a story for Brazilian news outlet El Globo by Glenn Greenwald, already caused […]

Technology companies need to make extra efforts to protect “innocent digital users”

July 22, 2013

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How the NSA threatens America’s universities Paul Woodward War in Context USA July 17, 2013 The sooner that flaws in computer code can be found, the sooner they can be fixed — these are the fixes required to reduce the vulnerability that all networks face from cyberattacks. The problem is that government agencies such as […]

Global Centre for Pluralism

May 21, 2013

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  Former Secretary-General of the United Nations and Nobel Peace Prize winner Kofi Annan to speak in Ottawa on Thursday, May 23, 2013 to Deliver Global Centre for Pluralism’s Annual Lecture .    OTTAWA, May 16, 2013 /CNW/ – Kofi Annan, former Secretary-General of the United Nations and Nobel Peace Prize winner will deliver the […]

#mymulticast April 22 2013 #CISPA protest via @ Geek Republic

April 22, 2013

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How to join today’s April 22 CISPA protest  #CISPA Blackout The proposed Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) heads to the Senate this week for a vote. Today April 22, has been declared a day of protest. As of this writing, around 400 websites have gone dark for the “CISPA Blackout.” #StopCISPA is trending at #7 on Twitter. […]

United Nations ITU – can they control the Internet the big ?

November 21, 2012

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The Internet empowers users to interact, share, connect and communicate virtually with their communities of interest in various ways, this creates extraordinary value, sharing information, methods of digital learning, it gives many who have broadband access to the Internet and it puts them on the cyber  map.. today  with the click of a mouse,  key […]

Communications Commissions of Kenya (CCK) said more than one million fake mobile handsets in Kenya

September 30, 2012

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Communications Commissions of Kenya (CCK) said more than one million fake mobile handsets had been switched off on Monday October 1  when the exercise begun in  NAIROBI, Kenya CCK acting Director General Francis Wangusi said Airtel had disconnected 740,000 handsets from its network, Safaricom 680,000, while Orange had blocked 75,000 handsets. yuMobile had not handed […]

India’s crackdown on the Internet

August 27, 2012

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In the backdrop of appeals by India to remove hate posts, world’s largest social networking website Facebook on Wednesday said it will remove content, block pages or even disable accounts of those users who upload contents that incite violence or perpetuate hate speech. Comprehending the gravity, Facebook’s stern warning to its users comes in the […]