Gotta love how CBC throws shade on Quebec for not investing any more money in Northvolt Batteries North America as if it has nothing to do with the fact that Northvolt is bankrupt cbc.ca/news/canada/mo…

Traffic from British IP addresses to sites requiring #ageverification has cratered Sites without age checks "have been rewarded with a flood of traffic" pcgamer.com/hardware/age-v…

The 10th Annual Reproductive Ethics Conference is being held in Texas—where abortion is illegal in most cases Gotta wonder about the #ethics of holding a conference about reproductive ethics where a woman's right to decide what's best for her is illegal utmb.edu/spph/about-us/…

Claiming that the invisible hand of the information market will resolve online harms, scams, or monetiziation of personal information is, at best, misguided and, at worst, delusional Telling users to be careful, without incorporating substantive digital education, is evil

If you get a text message from Manitoba Justice demanding payment for outstanding fines for provincial offences (speeding tickets, traffic violations—Manitoba Justice does not send payment requests or any official communications via text #ScamAlert gov.mb.ca/justice/ticket…

If you get a text message to finalize your Manitoba Homeowners Affordability Tax Credit (HATC) by clicking a link—Manitoba Finance does not verify or finalize tax credits or benefits via text message #ScamAlert gov.mb.ca/finance/tao/ha…

Transparency and accountability in action How revealing.

The UK is now freezing bank accounts and set a hard limit on withdrawals from PayPal and other payment systems. All financial transactions are being monitored, with preemptive blocking for anything “suspicious,” not that they need a reason. Your money no longer belongs to you.

Civil servants at the highest level are the same as everyone else: They get targeted by online scamers — sometimes with national security implications wsj.com/politics/natio…

Grifty “The further a society drifts from the truth, the more it will hate those that speak it.” — George Orwell

“Whatever remains of genuine, human content is increasingly sidelined by algorithmic prioritization” noemamag.com/the-last-days-… Noema Magazine

EXTREMISTS SILENCE CANADIANS FROM CHEERING ON TEAM CANADA AT DAVIS CUP Following the announcement by Tennis Canada that security threats have forced the matches in Halifax to be played without spectators in the stadium, CIJA CEO Noah Shack issued this statement: “Cheering for Team

More than 500 scientists & reserachers across the EU agree that "on-device detection, regardless of its technical implementation, inherently undermines the protections that end-to-end encryption is designed to guarantee" Julie Miville-Dechêne OPC Office of the Australian Information Commissioner csa-scientist-open-letter.org/Sep2025

Apple's AirPods Pro 3 earphones include health sensors to track heart rate, calories, and over 50 workout types to allow users to monitor workout intensity and overall health gadgets360.com/audio/news/app…

Hey Bell I haven't visited your website or spoken with you in months, but did this morning—and immediately received this phishing email Very curious timing indeed OPC PACC Marc R Gagné MAPP

Join Chantal Bernier — Co-Chair Dentons Global Privacy & Cybersecurity Group at Place Ville Marie for this important event to understand the implications of Bill C-2 pacc-ccap.ca/events/strong-…

Hey Airbnb Why do you allow your 'trusted partner' where renters MUST upload their passport & tombstone data to secretly report details to Facebook? OPC ICO - Information Commissioner's Office noyb Max Schrems 🇪🇺 #GDPR

Three federal agencies failed to complete required #privacy checks during a $68-million revamp of Canada's refugee process The failure is out of step with TBS Canada rules, but not the law immiperts.com/canada-asylum-…

“on average, every 18 minutes somewhere on the globe, a new financial crime regulation, rule, or guidance is issued or amended” #billc2 ⁦PACC⁩ ⁦OpenMedia⁩ thebureau.news/p/the-18-minut…

I’ve been warning for a long time that “The idea that “age verification” is a way to keep kids out, and as such only applies to kids, misses the fact that platforms must verify the age of every user to determine who is old enough to enter.” biometricupdate.com/202509/uk-osa-…