CONFIRMED: More telecom choice means cheaper services for Canadians. According to one tech expert, you’re better off flying to Saskatchewan, Manitoba, or Quebec, signing up for wireless service there, then…
Five forward-thinking municipalities have teamed up to deliver the fastest internet in Ontario. The upgrade gives a huge leg up to businesses and schools alike, and is a great example…
Your news links for today: Exclusive – NSA infiltrated RSA security more deeply than thought: study – Reuters Surprise, surprise: my online metadata actually reveals where I’ve been – Ars…
First Nations and northern communities have long struggled with Big Telecom’s slow Internet speeds and terrible service. So it’s great to see these communities taking things into their own hands…
Are CSEC and other government agencies unconstitutionally accessing your data? According to spy chief John Forster, you don’t need to know. Article by Ishmael N. Daro & Tannara Yelland for…
Canada’s large Internet providers received a failing grade when it comes to being transparent about how they protect Canadians’ privacy, according to an expert report by Privacy Coalition members Prof.…
Your news links for today: Canada’s metadata collection worries critics – Globe and Mail ISPs Handing Over Data To Spies? Surprisingly, They Don’t Want To Say – Huffington Post Accountability…
Earlier this week we learned that Canadian telecoms handed private information on over 18,000 Canadians to a government agency without a warrant. Now privacy expert Michael Geist has revealed that…
The government’s online spying legislation will encourage Internet providers to hand over your private information to authorities without any oversight. That’s according to this must-read piece in today’s Toronto Star…
Your news links for today: Bill C-13: Tories trying again to open door to undue state intrusion – Toronto Star Data Privacy Transparency of Canadian ISPs – IXmaps Police allege…
share_pop_200.png Report lifts the curtain on how Internet providers protect privacy, giving Canadians an at-a-glance tool to rate their provider’s transparency compared with others March 27, 2014 – A new…
On April 2nd, our government will come into a Digital Endowment of $5.27 billion. We need to ensure this money is put towards connecting all Canadians to high-speed Internet, innovative…
Your news links for today: Ottawa has been spying on you – Chronicle Herald Who Needs Lawful Access?: Cdn Telcos Hand Over Data on Thousands of Subscribers Without a Warrant…
DigitalEndowment_403x403_250314.png Government should invest digital windfall from sale of public spectrum assets into tackling Canada’s national digital deficit and growing digital divide March 26, 2014 – Canada has a unique…
share_pop_300.PNG Government trying to smuggle through unpopular online spying measures that would grant immunity to telecom providers that hand over private information without a warrant March 26, 2014 – Legislation…
Want to get a better deal on your wireless rates? According to this telecom expert, you’ll have to move to a province with more wireless choice. Isn’t it time for…
Ever wonder what it must be like to be an investigative journalist covering an ultra-secretive government institution? The Globe’s Colin Freeze talks about his frustrations covering spy agency CSEC. Video…
Your news links for today: Why the U.S. Government Isn’t Really Relinquishing its Power over Internet Governance – Michael Geist AT&T promises to lower your Internet bill if FCC kills…
Why are so many media outlets ignoring the Trans-Pacific Partnership – a deal that could make the Internet more expensive, censored, and policed? With so much being spent on lobbying,…
Canada is falling further and further behind our global counterparts when it comes to high-speed Internet. Tell decision-makers to drop the Big Telecom deadweight that’s holding our country back: https://openmedia.ca/deadweight…
