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E. Michael Power @eMichaelPower

ln no particular order, lawyer, consultant, author, sailor & rugby fan

Joined April 2009
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Clearly promotional but does provide definitions for some common, everyday terms :-) flockfreight.com/define-your… @andieq87 @autom8

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What say you @JohnTory? engadget.com/france-new-law-… @anne_in_canada @autom8

New French law will require parking lots to install solar panels - Engadget

The French Senate has approved a bill that should increase that markedly, requiring parking lots with a minimum of 80 spaces to be covered by solar panels,

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Donegal Is Ireland's Northernmost Wild Region (& Its Best Kept Secret) ⁦@andieq87⁩ flip.it/ir9OEL

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"Heavy user" decline: Not good news for Twitter or Musk. @autom8 @Nadsingh reuters.com/technology/exclu…

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An informative piece of how Wikipedia deals with misinformation. #misinformation #wikipedia #disinformation @autom8 @Privacy_Boston @privacy_lawyer wired.com/story/wikipedia-st…

The Hunt for Wikipedia's Disinformation Moles

Custodians of the crowdsourced encyclopedia are charged with protecting it from state-sponsored manipulators. A new study reveals how.

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An interesting blog post on the subject of AI & human creativity. @autom8 @Nadsingh #AI #creatoreconomy youngmoney.co/p/will-ai-repl…

Will AI Replace Creative Work?

Some thoughts on the newest wave of man vs. computer.

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In the "what were they thinking" file: alleged police misuse of DNA. Video. #privacy #dna #criminallaw cbsnews.com/video/use-of-cri…

Use of crime victim's DNA raises privacy concerns

A woman said she was arrested for theft after San Francisco police used her DNA from a rape kit taken in 2016. The charges against her were later dropped after the district attorney discovered the...

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Advertisers as trackers. #privacy #dataprotection #marketing
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14 Oct 2022
Targeted billboard ads are a privacy nightmare gizmodo.com/billboards-facia… | A new report details ways advertisers are taking lessons learned from mobile ads to create intimately targeted ads in the physical world
The continuing evolution of ransomeware. #cybersecurity #ransomware #databreaches itpro.co.uk/security/ransomw…
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Common sense advice but useful for startups to note. #privacy #startups #consumers #entrepreneurs forbes.com/sites/serenitygib…
A useful precedent for Canadian governments if it gets passed. #privacy #dataprotection #law theguardian.com/australia-ne…

Push to scrap Australia privacy exemptions for political parties due to risk of data breaches

Digital Rights Watch says cyber-attacks on political parties in 2019 narrowly avoided a breach that would have caused ‘unimaginable damage’

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A cautionary tale about digital agendas (or what happens when you tick off citizens). #dataprotection #CyberSecurity #digitalgovernment @autom8 restofworld.org/2022/indones…

Sick of data leaks, Indonesians are siding with a hacker who exposed 1.3 billion SIM card details

Breaches are so common in Indonesia that citizens jokingly call it an “open-source country.”

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Human ingenuity once again at work. @autom8 @Nadsingh @anne_in_canada restofworld.org/2022/chinese…
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A very thought-provoking post in defence of online anonymity. coralproject.net/blog/the-re…

The Real Name Fallacy - Coral by Vox Media

The Coral Project is an open source project to help publishers of all sizes build better communities around their journalism. We’re creating tools that help everyone to feel safe, respected, and...

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Not good news for #cybersecurity folks. theregister.com/2022/09/25/n…

Noberus ransomware gets info-stealing upgrades

'One of the most dangerous and active malware developers operating at the moment'

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How to get CFOs thinking about security? Tell them bond rating agencies are talking about #cybersecurity risk. One-quarter of $80 trillion in Moody's rated debt, across 71 global sectors, has high to very high cyber risk exposure. #infosec
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Coming soon to Canada? Armadillos? @anne_in_canada @Nadsingh @autom8 wsj.com/articles/the-texans-…

The Texans Who Are Moving to Illinois: Armadillos

Possum-sized creatures are creeping north—and leaving their mark on the Land of Lincoln; “I’m not sure I would give them the ‘cute’ label.”

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Seems we've reached "peak podcast". @autom8 @Nadsingh @anne_in_canada @haydenannemarie variety.com/2022/digital/new…

CIA Launches First Podcast, ‘The Langley Files,’ Which Reveals That Working at the Agency Is More...

Don't expect any major revelations from CIA's first podcast, "The Langley Files," which is really about PR outreach to burnish the agency's image.

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FTC moves on commercial surveillance & security #privacy #dataprotection #surveillance #ftc #cybersecurity ftc.gov/news-events/news/pre… Notice of proposed rule here: ftc.gov/system/files/ftc_gov…
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Police "photos & prints" practice fails legal scrutiny. @autom8 #privacy #criminallaw mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/…

Grand Rapids police fingerprint practice ruled unconstitutional by state high court

The state Supreme Court ruled Friday, July 22 on lawsuits filed by two teens who police took photos and fingerprints from during incidents a decade ago

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