by Caroline Isautier | Feb 20, 2023 | Sustainability, Tech for Good
Digital technology is often presented as an ally in the war against climate change, by allowing us to meet remotely via video or by avoiding printing paper documents. But is it really so virtuous? The emissions of gases that warm the atmosphere (Green House Gases CO2...
by Caroline Isautier | Jan 30, 2023 | Education, Events, Featured, Sustainability
Come and discover the Climate Fresk (Fresque du Climat) and the Digital Collage (Fresque du Numérique) in Toronto and Ontario! These Climate Change and Sustainable Digital Technology murals, as they could also be called, are two complementary sustainability workshops...
by Caroline Isautier | Jan 18, 2023 | Digital Citizenship
After becoming an overnight success during the pandemic, Zoom received criticism for its privacy practices. We as an organization concerned with privacy even tried every possible way to avoid using it, as described here, in 2021. It seems Zoom reacted and improved its...
by Caroline Isautier | Dec 20, 2022 | Digital Citizenship
This December 19, 2022, the US FTC (Federal Trade Commission) announced Epic Games must pay a $520 million fine due to deceptive design practices and privacy violations in their Fortnite video game. Cam Adair, the well-known video gaming addiction advocate broke the...
by Caroline Isautier | Dec 13, 2022 | Featured, Tech for Good
I have been a fan of Apple products since the beginning and am angry at their strategy of iPhone planned obsolescence. Not only that, but its signature approach of privacy-by-design is not a reality anymore. I had some of the wonderful first MacIntosh computers, the...