Should Prisoners Be Allowed to Use the Internet?

Written by Laura-Lee Walker “Looking for someone who is loyal, preferably educated, financially and emotionally stable for a long term committed relationship”- Luka Magnotta. Canadian Inmates Connect Magnotta was convicted of first-degree murder for killing Lin Jun, a Chinese international student, in Montréal in May 2012. He filmed himself dismembering the body and sending limbs to...

A New Era of Fraud: In Screen We Trust

Written by Laura-Lee Walker “If you control the code, you control the world. This is the future that awaits us.” —Marc Goodman, Future Crimes: Everything is Connected, Everyone Is Vulnerable, and What We Can Do About It Marc Goodman, a global security advisor and futurist, wrote a book called Future Crimes and was featured on TED Talk...

Heartbleed Aftermath: When changing your password is not enough

Many companies have scrambled to make security updates in the Heartbleed aftermath and many users have changed the passwords to their accounts. Do these security measures mean your information is secure? Our reliance on using the Internet to navigate our daily lives coupled with flaws in our primary defense, passwords (which are notorious for being...

Everyone has an Edward Snowden Working for Them

“In the digital age, it’s very difficult to control the flow of information. This is true not just in government but in business as well. Everyone’s on email. It’s all out there.” —James Goodale, leading First Amendment lawyer Recent news involving Edward Snowden demonstrates that even highly confidential information is ripe for the taking in...