Category Archives: CPSC 329/602 W22

Surveillance vs Privacy: How much is too much?

On January 11, 2022, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that Bulgaria’s laws on secret surveillance violated its citizens right to privacy under Article 8 of the European Human Rights Convention. Furthermore, when citizens asked about whether they had been subjected to surveillance, they received an insufficient response. Because of this, Bulgaria must …

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Who Needs Microchips When You Have Cell Phones?

We’ve all heard the conspiracies about governments inserting microchips into vaccines so that they can track us and our daily activities. However, why would a government spare the expense to develop such an elaborate plan when they can use something as simple and innocuous as… a cellphone? On Monday, January 10th, the House of Commons …

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Apple’s Controversial Private Relay and What it Says About Privacy as a Right

With IOS 15, Apple has introduced a new privacy feature to iCloud users… or at least those who are willing to pay. Available as a setting on iCloud+ accounts, Apple’s iCloud Private Relay functions somewhat similarly to a VPN, offering increased privacy and security when navigating the internet1. However, the implementation of this feature has …

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Blog Post Reservation

Welcome to the Winter 2022 CPSC 329/602 blog! Looking forward to some fun and interesting discussions. Please reserve the topic for your blog post by adding a comment to this post, stating the topic you plan to cover, a short justification, and one or more links to external cites as evidence that your topic has …

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