Why Our Mobile Carriers Need To Do More To Protect Users

The cell phone in your pocket may be leaving more than just your personal information at risk.  Are Canada's mobile carriers doing enough to protect both users and critical infrastructure?  This week the Hamilton Spectator published an article I wrote on why Canada's carriers need to do more to protect us all. Last September, a research [...]

By |2017-02-07T16:33:07+00:00February 7th, 2017|CRTC, Security, Telecommunications|

Your Password Is Insecure

This article was published in The Hamilton Spectator on September 15, 2016.  It was the first piece I have written for their Go section and am really proud of the level of detail The Spec was willing to print on this story.  I provided both this story, as well as the supplementary material so that people [...]

By |2016-10-20T16:37:49+00:00September 2nd, 2016|Security, Telecommunications|

Regulating the Internet is an obsolete throwback plan

A recent study from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives called for the CRTC to end the Digital Media Exemption Order (DMEO) and begin regulating over the top (OTT) video providers such as YouTube and Netflix. The author called for the companies to collect and remit HST and to contribute 5 per cent of their [...]

By |2016-07-25T12:23:09+00:00July 25th, 2016|Telecommunications|
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