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Expert: Canada bans TikTok on all government devices

webfull — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 19:46:37 +0000

Ottawa announced it is banning TikTok from all government-issued mobile devices in response to privacy and security concerns. The federal government said it will also block the Chinese-owned social media app from being downloaded on official devices in the future. The new rule follows the app’s intense scrutiny in the United States and also concerns of covert Chinese influence on Canadian affairs. (Globe and Mail)

Published: 1 March 2023

Experts: Ottawa tested facial recognition on millions of travellers at Toronto’s Pearson airport

webfull — Thu, 22 Jul 2021 21:45:45 +0000

The federal government quietly tested facial recognition technology on millions of unsuspecting travellers at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport in 2016. The six-month initiative, meant to pick out people the Canada Border Services Agency suspected might try to enter the country using fake identification, is detailed in a document obtained by The Globe and Mail through a freedom of information request. The project is the largest known government deployment of the technology in Canada to date.

Published: 22 July 2021

Expert: 2020 National Cyber Threat Assessment

webfull — Fri, 20 Nov 2020 20:20:24 +0000

The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security has named China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea’s state-sponsored cyber activity as posing the “greatest strategic threats” to Canada’s critical infrastructure, intellectual property, and political events like elections.

Published: 20 November 2020

Expert: Cyber security, cyber attacks, and data breaches

webfull — Wed, 18 Dec 2019 15:57:28 +0000

Cyber security breaches at LifeLabs, Desjardins, Capital One, and TransUnion underscore t

Published: 18 December 2019

Expert: Google Duplex / AI

webfull — Thu, 10 May 2018 17:35:59 +0000

Google’s AI fest offers an ominous glimpse of the robot future: Machines fooling humans into thinking they are people raise obvious ethical concerns (source: Financial Times)

Published: 10 May 2018

$1.2 M for McGill from CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund

webfull — Fri, 15 Apr 2016 15:34:10 +0000

McGill Newsroom

To support six research projects in fields from neuroscience to food safety and Arctic ecosystems

Published: 15 April 2016

Expert: Apple vows to resist FBI demand to crack iPhone

webfull — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 18:47:34 +0000

"Tech giant Apple and the FBI appeared headed for a deepening confrontation Wednesday after the company’s chief pledged to fight federal demands to help mine data from an iPhone used by one of the shooters in December’s terrorist attacks in San Bernardino." (The Washington Post)

Published: 17 February 2016

Dr. Benjamin Fung of the School of Information Studies appointed Canada Research Chair in Data Mining for Cybersecurity

webfull — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 19:14:17 +0000

�㽶��Ƶ School of Information Studies faculty member Dr. Benjamin Fung has been awarded a Canada Research Chair (CRC Tier 2) in Data Mining for Cybersecurity. Dr. Fung's research program aims to enhance the data sharing and data mining capabilities for healthcare and cyber security professionals.

CRC Tier 2 chairs are awarded to exceptional emerging researchers, acknowledged by their peers as having the potential to lead in their field. For each Tier 2 Chair, the university receives $100,000 annually for five years.

Published: 12 February 2016