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Jonathon Hodge (Toronto Public Library) Advocating for digital privacy: the centrality of public libraries in a uniquely 21st century struggle

What can you learn from Tom, Thelma and Ed about privacy and the possible role of libraries in advocacy? Jonathon Hodge  from the Toronto Public Library presents “Advocating for digital privacy: the centrality of public libraries in a uniquely 21st century struggle” at 2017 Access (http://accessconference.ca/2017program/).  Presents the work happening at the Toronto Public Library …

CAFC Financial Crime Trend Bulletin: Text Message

The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre has released its latest bulletin on the subject of Text Messaging Scams, sometimes referred to as SMSishing.    Find the English and French versions of the bulletin at the link below. 2017-09-15_Text_Messages_EN 2017-09-15_Text_Messages_FR “Text messaging scams occur when scammers use deceptive text messages to lure consumers into providing personal or financial …

Perspectives on Harmful Speech Online

The Berkman Klein Harmful speech Online project has created a collection of essays that both draw from research and provide opinions to discuss a range of perspectives on this issue of harmful speech online.  It provides pieces looking at Framing the Problem, International Perspectives, and Approaches, Interventions, and Solutions.  This collection could provide a valuable …

The Windows 10 Privacy Dashboard

First, today we’re launching a new web-based privacy dashboard so you can see and control your activity data from Microsoft including location, search, browsing, and Cortana Notebook data across multiple Microsoft services. Second, we’re introducing in Windows 10 a new privacy set up experience, simplifying Diagnostic data levels and further reducing the data collected at …