Month: October 2018

StatCan Scooped Up 15 Years Of Personal Financial Data From Canadian Credit Bureau – National | Globalnews.ca

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As Statistics Canada plans to build a massive new personal information bank with the real-time financial transaction data of hundreds of thousands of Canadians, Global News has learned the agency has scooped up 15 years’ worth of credit rating information from a major international credit bureau which could include millions of Canadians. The data harvest was done without the consent or knowledge of those Canadians whose credit history was passed on Statistics Canada. The requests occurred in October 2017 and more recently in January 2018. Read full story here: StatCan Scooped Up…

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Bell And Rogers Defend Sales Practices At CRTC Hearing | CBC News

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Canada’s two biggest telecommunications companies got their turn to speak on Friday in a five-day probe by Canada’s telecom regulator into sales practices in the industry. Officials from BCE Inc. and Rogers Communications Inc. addressed a panel at the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission on Friday, their first chance to participate in the five-day public probe by the regulator. The probe was prompted by CBC reporting that uncovered evidence of misleading and aggressive tactics being employed at those companies and others, in an attempt to get customers to sign up for new services, or more services…

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U.S. On Guard Against Rise In Illegal Border Crossings As Canada Rejects Asylum Claims | CBC News

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American border agents are increasingly concerned about the northern boundary with Canada, saying the number of people entering the U.S. through back roads, forests and even across rivers is surging. “We’ve seen an increase coming into the United States from Canada,” U.S. Border Patrol Houlton Division chief Dennis Harmon says. He is responsible for the north-eastern frontier, through the Maine-New Brunswick line and the shared waters along the Atlantic. Read full story here: U.S. On Guard Against Rise In Illegal Border Crossings As Canada Rejects Asylum Claims | CBC News  

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Smart Home Makers Hoard Your Data, But Won’t Say If The Police Come For It | TechCrunch

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A decade ago, it was almost inconceivable that nearly every household item could be hooked up to the internet. These days, it’s near impossible to avoid a non-smart home gadget, and they’re vacuuming up a ton of new data that we’d never normally think about. Because the data is stored or accessible by the smart home tech makers, law enforcement and government agencies have increasingly sought out data from the companies to solve crimes. Read full story here: Smart Home Makers Hoard Your Data, But Won’t Say If The Police Come…

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Electric Car Drivers Can Now ‘Roam’ In The US And Canada On ChargePoint And FLO Charging Networks | Electrek

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A week after announcing a similar deal in Europe, ChargePoint has unveiled a new “roaming partnership” with FLO to allow electric vehicle drivers to use both charging networks across North America with “a seamless charging experience.” Earlier this month, Chargepoint and EVBox launched a similar partnership for the European market. Now they have reached a deal with FLO, which is the leading electric car charging network operator in Canada. Read full story here:  Electric Car Drivers Can Now ‘Roam’ In The US And Canada On ChargePoint And FLO Charging Networks | Electrek  

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Here’s How To See If You’re Among The 30 Million Compromised Facebook Users | Ars Technica

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The attackers who carried out the mass hack that Facebook disclosed two weeks ago obtained user account data belonging to as many as 30 million users, the social network said on Friday. Some of that data—including phone numbers, email addresses, birth dates, searches, location check-ins, and the types of devices used to access the site—came from private accounts or was supposed to be restricted only to friends. Read full story here: Here’s How To See If You’re Among The 30 Million Compromised Facebook Users | Ars Technica  

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Europe Pushing For 35% CO2 Reduction From New Cars To Accelerate EV Adoption, Pushbacks From Auto Industry | Electrek

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After the US government weakened its target to reduce emissions from new cars after pressure from the auto industry, now it’s Europe’s turn to be in a similar situation. The European Council is pushing for a 35% reduction in CO2 emissions from new cars by 2030, which is not as aggressive as most countries have asked for after pressure from the German auto industry. The European Parliament was pushing for its own target of 40% by 2030. The CO2 reduction effort would be distributed among manufacturers on the basis of the…

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Google+ To Shut Down After Coverup Of Data-Exposing Bug | TechCrunch

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Google is about to have its Cambridge Analytica moment. A security bug allowed third-party developers to access Google+ user profile data since 2015 until Google discovered and patched it in March, but decided not to inform the world. When a user gave permission to an app to access their public profile data, the bug also let those developers pull their and their friends’ non-public profile fields. Indeed, 496,951 users’ full names, email addresses, birth dates, gender, profile photos, places lived, occupation and relationship status were potentially exposed, though Google says it…

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The White House Will Promote The Development Of Autonomous Cars | Digital Trends

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The United States Department of Transportation (DOT) has taken important steps to simplify the legal framework surrounding autonomous vehicles. The Trump administration published a verbose policy initiative that outlines the steps it will take to give car and technology companies more freedom to develop, test, and ultimately sell the technology to the public. In an 80-page document, transportation secretary Elaine Chao recognized the pros and cons of self-driving vehicles. On one hand, they can lead to safer roads while making life more productive, more relaxing, or both for the millions of commuters…

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83 Percent Of Routers Are Open To A High-Risk Vulnerability | Digital Trends

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A new study out by the American Consumer Institute shows that 83 percent of routers in the United States are vulnerable to cyberattacks.  The group finds that a majority of those routers have critical security vulnerabilities, primarily due to the lack of firmware updates. In testing a total of 186 routers from leading manufacturers like Netgear and Linksys, the study found that over 155 were vulnerable to potential cyberattacks. Individually, there were 172 vulnerabilities per router, and 32,003 vulnerabilities in total. Read full story here: 83 Percent Of Routers Are Open To…

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