http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog Touring the digital through type Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:32:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 en http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/159 http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/159#comments Sat, 26 Jul 2008 00:32:36 +0000 Christopher http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/159 MPAA Hacker Spied on The Pirate Bay | TorrentFreak The same hacker that worked for the MPAA to bring down TorrentSpy (and who switched to the P2P side after a while) is revealing that he was also hired to collect information on The Pirate Bay as well. (tags: p2p torrentspy thepiratebay MPAA hacking surveillance legal) New Quebec licences [...]]]> http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/159/feed http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/158 http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/158#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:33:33 +0000 Christopher http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/158 Telco won’t install fiber network, sues to prevent city from doing so A legal battle may be brewing as Bridgewater Telephone argues that the city of Monticello can’t use bonds to raise funds for a government-led deployment of cable because it unfairly competes with business. Bridgewater has previously refused to lay cable. (tags: internet business bridgewater ISPs [...]]]> http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/158/feed http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/157 http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/157#comments Thu, 24 Jul 2008 00:34:19 +0000 Christopher http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/157 Canada, IT & Telecoms, SCC Confirms Privacy Commissioner Cannot Order Production Of Privileged Documents - Stikeman Elliott LLP - 21/07/2008, Information Security & Risk Management, Information Technology Law, Outsourcing, Intellectual Property, Data Prot The Supreme Court indicated that the Commissioner does not have the power to order the production of any documents…the Commissioner must note in [...]]]> http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/157/feed http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/156 http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/156#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:34:23 +0000 Christopher http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/156 U.S. Passport Cards being distributed : SecureID News Passport cards are RFID-enabled, and are intended to facilitate frequent travel of Americans living in border communities. L-1 Identity Solutions are producing the cards, and Unisys Corp is deploying the readers. (tags: L-1 RFID passport America Unisys citizenship travel) How reliable is DNA in identifying suspects? - Los Angeles Times Kathryn [...]]]> http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/156/feed http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/155 http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/155#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:31:18 +0000 Christopher http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/155 (Source) This is just a really quick thought that I wanted to toss out. I perceive a problem associated with the digitization of public records: such digitization allows business interests to gather aggregate data on large collections of people while retaining identifiable characteristics. This allows for a phenomenal sorting potential. At the same time, we might ask, [...]]]> http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/155/feed http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/152 http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/152#comments Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:34:42 +0000 Christopher http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/152 Copyright Q&A with Tom King, NDP candidate for Guelph (tags: copyright Guelph canada c-61 NDP government) Rogers latest ISP to “help” customers with DNS redirects Rogers is redirecting customers who fail to accurately type a DNS to an ad-laden site. It is a question as to whether or not this violates network neutrality principles. (tags: Rogers ISP Canada netneutrality [...]]]> http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/152/feed http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/151 http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/151#comments Sat, 19 Jul 2008 00:33:38 +0000 Christopher http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/151 ODIN to handle RFID for UNISYS border contract : SecureID News ODIN technology has been tagged for Homeland Security’s RFID program that will place RFID in license plates to streamline border passage. (tags: RFID Homeland America security license) After Security Breach, Harvard Unveils New IDs After a Harvard student was found to have made counterfeits of university swipe cards [...]]]> http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/151/feed http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/150 http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/150#comments Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:34:00 +0000 Christopher http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/150 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Paris Hilton targeted in CD prank Banksy replaces CDs in Paris Hilton’s new album with his own doctored CDs. (tags: Banksy ParisHilton UK art culture prank) Congress asks Embarq about selling customer info It is believed that Embarq may have secretly tested NebuAd’s behavioural advertising system. Congress is beginning a brief investigation into this [...]]]> http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/150/feed http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/149 http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/149#comments Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:34:22 +0000 Christopher http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/149 Security checks rile drivers in Beijing I’m impressed that the Chinese are terming their security rings the ‘lines of defence’. This strikes me as either a really poor translation of what the rings are called or a unsettling militarization of what we would perceive as a civil security matter. (tags: China olympics military security risk safety surveillance) Algae [...]]]> http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/149/feed http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/148 http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/148#comments Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:34:42 +0000 Christopher http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/148 Executive Summary - Privacy Commissioner of Canada - Law School Admission Investigation The Privacy Commisioner of Canada has found that LSAT’s collection of fingerprints for the purposes of deterring would-be cheaters is in violation of Canadian privacy laws after applying the four-point test. (tags: Canada PrivacyCommissioner LSAT Law Government privacy) Facebook accused of violating user trust, breaking Canadian [...]]]> http://www.christopher-parsons.com/blog/archives/148/feed