February 18, 2016 Purpose unclear. Why are the FBI *really* trying to subvert encryption? Tim cook says Apple will fight a federal order to help the FBI hack an iPhone. An earlier version of this page has…
November 2, 2013 Canada’s counter terrorism strategy https://www.publicsafety.gc.ca/cnt/rsrcs/pblctns/trrrst-thrt-cnd/index-eng.aspx Here in Kanukistaniland, Vic Toews (remember him? Check back to February of last year to see an example of him being idiotic in…
April 5, 2012 An OP-ED by Richard Clarke on China http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/03/opinion/how-china-steals-our-secrets.html This is better written than most ‘chicken little’ pieces, but please can we have ‘history’ of how most nations, including the USA, have…
February 10, 2012 Please Realize That Piracy is a Service Problem. http://www.forbes.com/sites/insertcoin/2012/02/03/you-will-never-kill-piracy-and-piracy-will-never-kill-you/ The full article is a bit wordy, and manages to avoid lecturing about how the media industry failed at “service” when it came…
January 25, 2012 “Cybercrime” is still Crime and “Cyberfraud” is still Fraud http://www.techsecuritytoday.com/index.php/our-contributors/michael-vizard/entry/lifting-the-veil-on-cybercrime This says it all: At the end of the day, cybercriminal activity is not all that different from more traditional forms of organized…
April 28, 2009 Swine Flu Issues – insufficient discrimination The trouble with some people is that they make some deceptively reasonable comments that don’t stand up under critical analysis With an ailing economy…
March 2, 2009 Small firms are taking fraud protection too lightly, says Visa Canada Forty-one percent of small businesses surveyed by Visa Canada said they don’t believe data thieves and hackers will target them because of their…
