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smattymatty<p>Is The Fediverse The Key To <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canadian</span></a> Digital Sovereignty?</p><p>When a garbage company becomes Regina's "best news source" because Meta banned actual journalism, we have a problem.</p><p>🇨🇦 What if I told you:<br>- We're hemorrhaging $9.6B/year to Silicon Valley<br>- 66% of our software engineers flee to the US<br>- We invented Java, Ethereum, and ActivityPub—the tools of our own digital colonization<br>- A Canadian citizen (Musk) uses his American platform to call Canada "not a real country"</p><p>The Fediverse isn't perfect. But at least we control it. Corporations can't turn off our communication at a whim when they don't like the laws passed by our parliament.</p><p>New article: <a href="https://mathewstorm.ca/blog/Digital_Sovereignty/fediverse-sovereignty-journalistic/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mathewstorm.ca/blog/Digital_So</span><span class="invisible">vereignty/fediverse-sovereignty-journalistic/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/DigitalSovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DigitalSovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canada</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/CanadianTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanadianTech</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/cdntech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdntech</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/TechPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechPhilosophy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/CanadaTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CanadaTech</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/boycottusa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>boycottusa</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/elbowsup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elbowsup</span></a></p>
Paris Marx<p>Western leaders have appeased Donald Trump since he returned to power, only to be hit with new demands after every concession.</p><p>On Tuesday, Trump declared economic war on countries that regulate its tech companies. It’s time for the world to break from the US and aggressively target Silicon Valley.</p><p><a href="https://www.disconnect.blog/p/world-leaders-must-stop-appeasing" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">disconnect.blog/p/world-leader</span><span class="invisible">s-must-stop-appeasing</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>donaldtrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/digitalsovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalsovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/eutech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eutech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cdntech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdntech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/eupol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eupol</span></a></p>
Paris Marx<p>Canada is facing one of its worst wildfire seasons on record, and my home province is particularly hard hit.</p><p>Seeing how false and misleading information about the fires is spreading online has only further convinced me social media is a social cancer.</p><p><a href="https://www.disconnect.blog/p/wading-through-the-social-media-haze" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">disconnect.blog/p/wading-throu</span><span class="invisible">gh-the-social-media-haze</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>facebook</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cdntech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdntech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>meta</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/wildfires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wildfires</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a></p>
Paris Marx<p>Mark Carney wants economic growth at any cost. To achieve it, he’s going after tech investment and pushing hard for AI adoption.</p><p>In the process, AI regulations are being thrown on the bonfire and tech harms are an afterthought. It’s a recipe for disaster.</p><p><a href="https://www.disconnect.blog/p/mark-carney-is-going-elbows-down" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">disconnect.blog/p/mark-carney-</span><span class="invisible">is-going-elbows-down</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cdntech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdntech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>artificialintelligence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/digitialsovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitialsovereignty</span></a></p>
Paris Marx<p>Mark Carney promised “elbows up” against the US, but he’s offering a warm embrace to US tech companies and the AI hype they’ve unleashed.</p><p>As Canada’s AI minister suggests AI regulation is off the table, there’s ample reason to be worried about Carney’s tech agenda.</p><p>My latest for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@TheBreach" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TheBreach</span></a></span>: <a href="https://breachmedia.ca/mark-carneys-ai-agenda-is-a-gift-to-big-tech/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">breachmedia.ca/mark-carneys-ai</span><span class="invisible">-agenda-is-a-gift-to-big-tech/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cdntech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdntech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/aihype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>aihype</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/generativeai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>generativeai</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
Paris Marx<p>Canada can see the costs of dependence on the US first hand. Trump is bullying us and Silicon Valley used his leverage to kill the digital services tax.</p><p>As the Canadian government looks for a new cloud provider, it shouldn’t just prioritize local companies; it should invest in a public cloud.</p><p><a href="https://www.disconnect.blog/p/why-canada-needs-to-build-a-public" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">disconnect.blog/p/why-canada-n</span><span class="invisible">eeds-to-build-a-public</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cdntech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdntech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cloud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/datacenters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>datacenters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/digitalsovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalsovereignty</span></a></p>
Paris Marx<p>Canada needs to reduce its dependence on US tech companies — and cloud infrastructure is a perfect place to start.</p><p>For the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, I explain the threat posed by our dependence on US-owned data centres and why we need a public cloud that isn’t shaped by the pressure for shareholder profits.</p><p><a href="https://www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/canada-should-build-public-cloud-infrastructure-rather-than-relying-on-u-s-tech-giants/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">policyalternatives.ca/news-res</span><span class="invisible">earch/canada-should-build-public-cloud-infrastructure-rather-than-relying-on-u-s-tech-giants/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cloud</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/datacenters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>datacenters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cdntech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdntech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/markcarney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>markcarney</span></a></p>
Paris Marx<p>Silicon Valley’s alliance with Donald Trump has brought me to my breaking point with US tech.</p><p>I’m going to keep pushing for governments to get serious about digital sovereignty, but in the meantime I’m looking for non-US alternatives — and will have more on what I’ll be using instead soon.</p><p><a href="https://www.disconnect.blog/p/why-im-getting-off-us-tech" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">disconnect.blog/p/why-im-getti</span><span class="invisible">ng-off-us-tech</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/digitalsovereignty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>digitalsovereignty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/eutech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eutech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>donaldtrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cdntech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdntech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elonmusk</span></a></p>
Sherri W (SyntaxSeed)<p>Currently in a support ticket thread with a Canadian <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/Hosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hosting</span></a> company trying to figure out why they list 'Nightly Backups' as a feature of the plan, but I can't access or restore to those backups myself. It's not a feature if it doesn't benefit the user.</p><p>The hosting company's internal, off-server backups are for THEM not for me.</p><p>Do better.</p><p><a href="https://phpc.social/tags/WebDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebDev</span></a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/BuyCanadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuyCanadian</span></a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/CdnTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CdnTech</span></a></p>
Sherri W (SyntaxSeed)<p>One of the problems with trying to move tech services to <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canadian</span></a> providers.... is frankly... Canadian providers are often just not as good. I don't know what it is about the Great Canadian Inferiority Complex... but why our stuff has to consistently be just a slight notch worse in quality really eats at me.</p><p>Always just a little bit less polished. A little bit less feature complete. A tiny bit more outdated.</p><p>Grrr. Do better Canada!</p><p><a href="https://phpc.social/tags/Webdev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Webdev</span></a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/CdnTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CdnTech</span></a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/hosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hosting</span></a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/BuyCanadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BuyCanadian</span></a></p>
Paris Marx<p>Canada’s tech leaders bet the Conservative Party would form the next government.</p><p>Now that they’re poised to lose, tech executives haven’t been nearly as vocal — likely because they see Mark Carney as a potential ally.</p><p><a href="https://www.disconnect.blog/p/faltering-conservative-support-wont" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">disconnect.blog/p/faltering-co</span><span class="invisible">nservative-support-wont</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cdntech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdntech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/markcarney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>markcarney</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/pierrepoilievre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pierrepoilievre</span></a></p>
Paris Marx<p>Elon Musk’s DOGE is wreaking havoc in the US, but tech leaders in Canada want their own DOGE to do much the same.</p><p>On <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TechWontSaveUs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TechWontSaveUs</span></a>, I spoke with <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://journa.host/@jenstden" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>jenstden</span></a></span> to discuss the effort to bring the conservative-tech alliance north.</p><p>Listen to the full episode: <a href="https://techwontsave.us/episode/268_canadas_tech_leaders_want_their_own_doge_w_jen_st_denis" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">techwontsave.us/episode/268_ca</span><span class="invisible">nadas_tech_leaders_want_their_own_doge_w_jen_st_denis</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>doge</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>elonmusk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/shopify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shopify</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cdntech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdntech</span></a></p>
Sherri W (SyntaxSeed)<p>Been thinking/toying with trying to get some of my cloud infrastructure (hosting, vps, etc) onto Canadian companies. Surprisingly hard to find options.</p><p>Side note - it boggles my mind that Plesk/CPanel have monthly licenses that typically cost more than the hosting itself. No thanks.</p><p><a href="https://phpc.social/tags/VPS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VPS</span></a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/Devops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Devops</span></a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/Servers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Servers</span></a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/Hosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hosting</span></a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/WebDev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WebDev</span></a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/CdnTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CdnTech</span></a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/Canadian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Canadian</span></a></p>
Paris Marx<p>Shopify executives are vocally opposing the Canadian government — and now they’re being openly praised by the Conservative Party leader.</p><p>They’re trying to extend Silicon Valley’s right-wing project to Canada — and need to be stopped.</p><p><a href="https://disconnect.blog/the-conservative-tech-alliance-is-coming-to-canada/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">disconnect.blog/the-conservati</span><span class="invisible">ve-tech-alliance-is-coming-to-canada/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cdntech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdntech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/shopify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shopify</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
Paris Marx<p>Canadians are watching as Silicon Valley takes over the US government, but few realize Shopify executives are trying to bring a similar project to Canada — and the leader of the Conservative Party has started praising them for it.</p><p>Read my latest for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@TheBreach" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>TheBreach</span></a></span>: <a href="https://breachmedia.ca/canada-far-right-tech-billionaires-pierre-poilievre/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">breachmedia.ca/canada-far-righ</span><span class="invisible">t-tech-billionaires-pierre-poilievre/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/shopify" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shopify</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cdntech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdntech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
Paris Marx<p>Canada is investigating Chinese tech companies, but it should be much more concerned with how dependent we’ve become on US tech monopolies that run roughshod over our rules and laws.</p><p>In the Toronto Star, I argue it’s time for Canada to reclaim its digital sovereignty.</p><p><a href="https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/with-trump-threat-looming-its-time-for-canada-to-take-control-of-its-digital-future/article_e8a6e526-b72f-11ef-9813-cbf3eec669cb.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">thestar.com/opinion/contributo</span><span class="invisible">rs/with-trump-threat-looming-its-time-for-canada-to-take-control-of-its-digital-future/article_e8a6e526-b72f-11ef-9813-cbf3eec669cb.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>canada</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cdntech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdntech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
Rylan<p>Canada’s national security review of <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TikTok" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TikTok</span></a> is not directly related to US bill to ban it, but it shows the two countries have the same mindset. Recall last year Canada banned TikTok from gov phones 2 months after the US did <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CdnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPoli</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CdnTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CdnTech</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/TikTokBan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TikTokBan</span></a></p><p>&gt; Asked whether the Canadian government would consider a measure similar to the U.S. bill, Champagne's office said the Liberal cabinet "issued an order for the national security review of TikTok Canada" on Sept. 6.</p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/tiktok-national-security-review-1.7143574" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbc.ca/news/politics/tiktok-na</span><span class="invisible">tional-security-review-1.7143574</span></a></p>
Rylan<p>Use of facial recognition in vending machines at University of Waterloo to collect age &amp; gender data. The manufacturer says the machines are GDPR complaint… but this is in Canada. Who is even liable for this? Machines manufactured by Invenda, owned by Mars, fulfilled by Adaria Vending Services Limited, housed on Waterloo campus. Who is on the hook for following privacy law?</p><p>The precedent was already set in the Cadillac Fairview case that just because the images are deleted after analysis, does not mean consent isn’t required - however that case also set the precedent that there is no punishment for doing this, just say “oops, sorry” and move on <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CdnTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CdnTech</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CdnPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CdnPoli</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/GDPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GDPR</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kitchener.ctvnews.ca/facial-recognition-error-message-on-vending-machine-sparks-concern-at-university-of-waterloo-1.6779835" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kitchener.ctvnews.ca/facial-re</span><span class="invisible">cognition-error-message-on-vending-machine-sparks-concern-at-university-of-waterloo-1.6779835</span></a></p>
Shawn Hooper (he/him)<p>Just watched the <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/BlackBerry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BlackBerry</span></a> mini-series on CBC. Really entertaining look at the rise and fall of an iconic product. I loved my BlackBerry back in the day. </p><p><a href="https://gem.cbc.ca/blackberry" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">gem.cbc.ca/blackberry</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/cdntech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdntech</span></a></p>
Rylan<p>Calgary Flames &amp; Toronto Maple Leafs fans will have Amazon Just Walk Out as an option for grabbing a beer at the game this season. There are lawsuits in both Illinois [1] &amp; New York [2] over the technology, alleging biometric data is collected without consent, but Amazon describes the tech as not collecting any identifying biometric data [3]</p><p>If the lawsuits are correct, this probably wouldn’t be allowed in Canada, as shown in the Canadian Tire case [4], but based Amazon is being truthful about the unspecific &amp; ephemeral nature of the data collected [3], it probably won’t have any problems in Canada </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CdnTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CdnTech</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/JustWalkOut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JustWalkOut</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/NHL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NHL</span></a></p><p><a href="https://toronto.citynews.ca/2023/09/26/amazon-just-walk-out-canada-toronto-calgary-scotiabank-arena/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">toronto.citynews.ca/2023/09/26</span><span class="invisible">/amazon-just-walk-out-canada-toronto-calgary-scotiabank-arena/</span></a></p>
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