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- completely voluntary
- without notification of customers
- recompensed by the government
That's pretty awful. Your data is being sold to the government by your ISP and phone company without your knowledge. And it's being provided in an easy-to-access manner that allows law enforcement to query private data a million times a year, without a warrant or even an open investigation.
When the government tried to legislate this, there was an outcry and they quietly shelved it. Turns out they didn't need legislation.
The Citizen Lab has a form letter you can send to your wireless and internet providers. There are provisions in the law requiring these companies to disclose their privacy policies and whether disclosures have been made. Seems like a good place to start to fight this to me.
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June 01, 2014 -- 2:21 PM
posted by Tonestar Runner
Watch out, coffee drinkers. It may starting getting more expensive.
"Coffee rust" striking down more coffee trees in Central America
May 08, 2014 -- 4:29 PM
posted by Al
I know one of my co-workers (he's from Ontario) looked at Calgary being the next Detroit once the oil dries up in Alberta. This might be sooner rather then later.
May 08, 2014 -- 2:39 PM
posted by Tonestar Runner
This time, for sure.
End of oil boom threatens Norway's welfare model
May 08, 2014 -- 2:36 PM
posted by Tonestar Runner
Thanks for the info, Par. I think I'd seen something on that earlier, but it's good to see that folks are mobilizing to do something about it.
And this article is a really interesting look at what is happening in the energy sector and what it may mean for the rest of the world:
End of oil boom threatens Norway's welfare model
May 08, 2014 -- 12:19 PM
posted by Par
Did everyone see this: Feds ask Canadian telecoms to disclose private customer information 1.2 million times a year, docs show:
Per Jesse Brown at Canadaland, these are disclosures to law enforcement agencies that are:In 2011, the privacy commissioner’s office asked 12 telecom companies for information about their customer-disclosure data.
The Canadian Wireless Telecommunications Association, which represents the industry, replied with aggregate data from nine of the 12 companies.
On Tuesday, Bernier’s office provided media outlets with a copy of the association’s response, which reveals that as of December 2011, the aggregate average number of requests was 1,193,630 a year.
- completely voluntary
- without notification of customers
- recompensed by the government
That's pretty awful. Your data is being sold to the government by your ISP and phone company without your knowledge. And it's being provided in an easy-to-access manner that allows law enforcement to query private data a million times a year, without a warrant or even an open investigation.
When the government tried to legislate this, there was an outcry and they quietly shelved it. Turns out they didn't need legislation.
The Citizen Lab has a form letter you can send to your wireless and internet providers. There are provisions in the law requiring these companies to disclose their privacy policies and whether disclosures have been made. Seems like a good place to start to fight this to me.
May 05, 2014 -- 8:15 PM
posted by Par
I have to say, he's pretty great. His explanation of Heartbleed was extremely helpful.
May 04, 2014 -- 1:28 AM
posted by alison
Paras, I'm pretty sure you are the one who introduced me to xkcd comics. After all these years, I'd like to say thanks. There have been some pretty amazing things in the frames.
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... And the one they had recently with the fill-in-the-blank/choose-your-own-adventure strip was pretty awesome too.
May 01, 2014 -- 11:02 AM
posted by anonymous
April 24, 2014 -- 1:34 AM
posted by alison
update: My 'everybody's name ends in N' pool team has 40 points.
Joey Joe Joe Shabadoo has three points thus far in the playoffs. I am happy, but I am not pinning my hopes on him - not like in years past where he and a host of Oilers (YEARS AGO) gave me the winning pool score. Of my 20 player team of people whose names end in "n", Nathan MacKinnon (double N!) has given me the most points: 7 (6 assists, pretty awesome rookie year), and Brendan Gallagher has 5 points.
So as long as Montreal and Colorado stay in, I'm set. i.e. shit.
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