This morning Motherboard reported explosive revelations on the RCMP’s use of Stingray devices – technically known as IMSI-catchers. Stingrays are devices about the size of a briefcase that simulate a ...

The head of Canada’s main gun lobby group — a group that the Harper government has carefully wooed for years — is breaking ranks and running as an Independent in the B.C. riding of Cariboo-Prince ...

Hi, it’s Alana here! I’m the Director of Fund Development here at OpenMedia - so it’s my job to make sure projects have the funding needed to transform into the impactful work we’re known for. Our ...

January 15, 2025 — Today the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television services (CCTS) released a damning report on telecom complaints from Canadian consumers over the 2023-2024 period, ...

Digital guru Michael Geist says the TransPacific Partnership trade agreement has a "made in America" approach to the technology sector that may well put Canadian companies at a disadvantage. "I think ...

If you’ve been on social media recently, you may have seen all the buzz around the Internet Archive. Here's what's going down: for two years, Big Media publishers have been embroiled in a lawsuit ...

The top privacy breaches of all time by political parties ...

What kinds of information are deserving of special protection under Canadian privacy law? We explore the current landscape in light of Canada's proposed privacy laws, and look to other jurisdictions ...

The Internet has become so indispensable to modern life that it’s often joked about as the real foundation of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs, 1 nestled even below food, water, and shelter, nowadays.

Hundreds of ISPs all over the world limit and restrict BitTorrent traffic on their networks. Unfortunately, most companies are not very open about their network management solutions. Thanks to data ...

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When you buy a smartphone or a laptop, that device should be completely yours; you ought to be able to do what you want with it. If you drop your phone off the fifth floor, and the screen breaks, you ...