by Caroline Isautier | Jan 25, 2021 | Digital Citizenship, Tech for Good
Its now becoming common knowledge our every moves online are surveilled by default, without our explicit consent, when we use the Google browser and search engine, then Google Docs, then surf over to YouTube or Google Maps. Or when we’re on Facebook, or its...
by Caroline Isautier | Jan 17, 2021 | Digital Citizenship, Tech for Good
Our small organisation planned an open, free event called Tech: Surveillance by Design ? in January 2021, as a way to raise awareness on the pernicious design patterns in the everyday Tech tools we use, whether at work or at home. These design patterns include...
by Caroline Isautier | Jan 16, 2021 | Digital Citizenship, Tech for Good
If you’re conscious about preserving your information from prying eyes or avid data resellers, you’re looking for ways other than the cookie opt-out to determine whether a site you’re visiting is secure and private. In other words, just like you look...
by Hessie Jones | Jan 13, 2021 | Digital Citizenship
“It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.”John Burroughs While governments scrambled to get ahead of the Coronavirus, their plea for solutions to automate the labored manual contact tracing practices has ignited a slew of...
by Hessie Jones | Jan 13, 2021 | Digital Citizenship
Source: Deposit photos We live in an age of increasing centralization that pervades all aspects of our culture. In today’s world, centralization equates to control; centralization equates to power. Centralization gave rise to bureaucratic institutions where decisions,...
by Caroline Isautier | Jan 11, 2021 | Digital Citizenship, Tech for Good
Sure, you want to do the right thing as an entrepreneur, small business owner, or IT manager in order to offer your clients privacy and security in your small to medium entreprise. But it seems such a complex mix of legal and technical issues. Where to start...
