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15 January 2020

Social Media and User Data: Hot Potato or Silver Bullet?

Why the future of Social Media and Digital Identity is decentralised As a start-up entrepreneur, I have a lot of ideas. Like most people, I use technology as a means…

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20 December 2019

Data Leaks & Privacy Violations: It’s Okay to Be Afraid

Another large and egregious Facebook breach reminds us how unsafe our personal data really is. According to WIRED, over 1.2 billion user records collected from Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter users…

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Technology

12 December 2019

Hello Big Brother

China requires facial recognition to access the Internet It is one of the most egregious violations of Internet neutrality yet. The Chinese government is taking the final step to completely control…

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Technology

21 November 2019

Google has 50 million patient medical records, and that’s scary!

A whistleblower has revealed that 50 million patient medical records have been acquired by Google. Have these patients given Google their consent? They have not. In fact, almost all these patients were…

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Technology

8 November 2019

How much does Google know about you? Here’s how to find out!

Google is watching you. It’s how they make their money. In fact, the more they watch you, the more they can monetize your data. But how much do they know…

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Social

24 October 2019

Did social media bots impact the Canadian federal election?

It’s common knowledge that automated bots impacted the results of the 2016 US Presidential elections. At Peer, we wanted to know if this would likewise affect the results of the Canadian federal…

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Social

10 October 2019

Facebook thinks it’s a government. Here’s why that’s dangerous.

On page 254 of the The Facebook Effect, Mark Zuckerberg states, “In a lot of ways Facebook is more like a government than a traditional company… more than other technology companies we’re really…

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