Skyway Recommended June 30th to July 6th

This week: Canadian Government Tries to Open Competition with Wireless Spectrum Auction; US Supreme Court Rules Phones Can’t be searched Without Warrant; Google Begins Erasing Links for Searches in Europe   Globe and Mail | Spectrum auction to push mergers of small wireless players The federal government will announce Monday that it is offering coveted chunks of ...

Skyway Recommended May 5th to 11th

This week: Hundreds of Thousands of Canadians under Surveillance; Canada’s Digital Strategy: Telus pledges Infrastructure Billions; US Judge says Email warrants valid Overseas   Toronto Star | Government agencies seek telecom user data at ‘jaw-dropping’ rates OTTAWA—Government agencies are asking telecoms and social media companies to turn over Canadians’ user data at “jaw-dropping” rates, with nearly 1.2 ...

Skyway Recommended April 28th to May 4th

This week: Serious Flaw in OpenID, OAuth logins; Towards Independent Internet Governance; Microsoft patches XP Explorer flaw; Canadians Battling for Tech “World Cup”   CNET | Serious security flaw in OAuth, OpenID discovered Following in the steps of the OpenSSL vulnerability Heartbleed, another major flaw has been found in popular open-source security software. This time, the holes have ...

Skyway Recommended April 21st to 27th

This week: Internet Explorer Vulnerability; Independent Net Governance Step Closer; Ottawa threatens to cut Telus out of Wireless Auction; Goodbye to Net Neutrality?   Reuters | U.S., UK advise avoiding Internet Explorer until bug fixed (Reuters) – The U.S. and UK governments on Monday advised computer users to consider using alternatives to Microsoft Corp’s Internet Explorer browser until ...

Skyway Recommended April 14th to 20th

This week: Flaws in Heartbleed Detection; Tablet Maker brings Hope to Haiti; BC’s Privacy Commissioner Unhappy about Mental Health Disclosures; Flaws in Digital Privacy Act; Google the Lobbyist   The Guardian | Heartbleed: 95% of detection tools ‘flawed’, claim researchers Free web tools and not picking up the vulnerability, leaving consumer data exposed. Some tools designed to ...