Tag Archives: Privacy
What Privacy?
I wrote this post in 2016, but apparently it was never posted. I have no idea why. Canada has some of the highest, perhaps the highest, cell phone rates in the world. Getting a phone is fast and easy, as long as you have money. Getting a cell phone in Iraq is quite another story. […]
Welcome To 1984
A friend in the U.K. wanted to know if I had seen the news article. Was I aware that the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) had been tracking 33 million Canadian cell phones to monitor citizens’ movement during the pandemic? I hadn’t seen that specific article – but I knew it was going on. […]
Safety and Privacy
I got an email from my credit card company telling me the lettuce I purchased may be affected with E. coli and I can return it for a full refund. I’m thankful not to have become sick. I am concerned that these sort of warnings seem to be increasing and what that says about our […]
Drone Wars
Just a reminder that you can cast your ballot in my US presidential election poll until the close of voting on Tuesday. It’s at the end of today’s post if you haven’t voted yet. Last time I looked, “None of the above” was leading Donald Trump. If I had had a gun with me I […]
random thoughts from lorne 
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