Lifehacker.com - Uninstall These VPN and Ad-Blocking Apps That Spied on Your iPhone or Android

For those of you who think that VPN's are good to use...

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Emily Jackson - "Nobody gets sued for illegally downloading movies, right? — Think again, Canada" - National Post, Sept 7, 2018

And the writs could really fly once Canada’s top court rules on who pays to identify the pirates

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What Happens Online In 60 Seconds in 2018?

Azzura Lalani and Alina Bykova - TDSB shuts down Snapchat, Netflix and Instagram in schools - Toronto Star - May 9, 2017

The Toronto District School Board says that the three sites alone use up 20 per cent of their daily internet traffic

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Kara Fox - Instagram worst social media app for young people's mental health - CNN, May 19, 2017

YouTube was found to have the most positive impact, while Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook and Twitter all demonstrated negative affects overall on young people's mental health.

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What Happens Online In 60 Seconds in 2017?

Smart Insights: 

https://www.smartinsights.com/internet-marketing-statistics/happens-online-60-seconds/

Tony Tighe (Consumer Reporter) - Mysterious missed calls on cellphones part of worldwide scam - Global News, Feb. 8, 2018

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Dr. Alec Couros - Bibek Bhandari - Face Recognition Glasses Augment China’s Railway Cops - sixthtone.com, Feb 06, 2018

Henan railway police first to use hi-tech eyewear to screen passengers.

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A police officer wears glasses equipped with facial recognition technology in Zhengzhou, Henan province, Feb. 5, 2018. Ning Jing/VCG

Dr. Alec Couros - "Faceswapping, Unethical Videos, and Future Shock"

"Faceswapping, Unethical Videos, and Future Shock"

James Gallagher - Handheld device sequences human genome - BBC News, January 29, 2018

Scientists have used a device that fits in the palm of the hand to sequence the human genome.

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Dr. Alec Couros - Infographic: Non-Consensual Sharing of Intimate Images (Canadian Youth) - Feb. 7, 2018

Infographic: Non-Consensual Sharing of Intimate Images (Canadian Youth)
See full report at: http://mediasmarts.ca/sites/mediasmarts/files/publication-report/full/sharing-of-sexts.pdf

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Dr. Alec Couros - "Introducing the amazing Compact Disc (1982)" - Youtube.com

"Introducing the amazing Compact Disc (1982)"

Michael Franco - How to Build Your Own App If You Don't Know How to Code - Lifehacker.com, Jan 31, 2018

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Jason Kottke - Verena, an iOS app to help protect people in abusive situations - kottke.org, Jan 30, 2018

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Selena Mills - 17 Beautiful Indigenous Comic Books And Video Games For Kids - cbc.ca - Jan 9, 2018

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James Titcomb - Facebook admits up to 270 million users are fake and duplicate accounts - The Telegraph - November 2, 2017

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Facebook's chief executive Mark Zuckerberg CREDIT: REUTERS

Avi Selk - Apple CEO Tim Cook says he wouldn’t let a child use social media - Washington Post, January 22, 2018

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Eli Blumenthal - Apple's Tim Cook: Software update will allow you to stop your iPhone from slowing down - USA Today, Jan. 18, 2018

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Jefferson Graham - Apple to hire 20,000, open second headquarters and pay $38 billion tax bill on overseas profits - USA Today, Jan. 17, 2018

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CBC News - RCMP link Ontario man to LeakedSource.com, home of 3 billion hacked accounts - CBC News, Jan 15, 2018

RCMP allege Jordan Bloom earned about $247,000 from trafficking identity information.

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