Ottawa Sun Column
March 13, 2007
My piece on Notre Dame High School banning the use of personal electronic devices on school property is on page 15 of today’s Ottawa Sun. If you don’t have a paper copy, you can read it online.
In summary, our schools need to do more educating and less banning. Pushing a social problem off school property by banning technology may be easier for the school, but it benefits neither society nor students.
Why Privacy Matters
March 8, 2007
As an information security (infosec) guy I don’t blog about work. To put it mildly, customers would not appreciate it. So when I do blog about security, it’s about more general issues and events.
Here’s a good one on privacy. You might think it’ seems far fetched, but allow companies to combine information from the right databases, and it’s actually quite easy. It also could be profitable…
http://www.aclu.org/pizza/images/screen.swf
Photo Credit
March 7, 2007
Yes, the photo on the banner is me. Thanks to Ottawa photographer Gord Carter. You can see some of his work on his photo blog.
