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Kamil @kamiljowahir.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Telus making the first steps to launching satellite service.  www.newswire.ca/news-release...
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TELUS and AST SpaceMobile successfully complete first satellite-to-smartphone integration test on the TELUS network
/CNW/ -- TELUS and AST SpaceMobile, Inc. ("AST SpaceMobile") have successfully completed their first integration test between TELUS' wireless network and AST...
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Kamil @kamiljowahir.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Noisia is back!???
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 22/09/2026
Canada’s BC sues OpenAI over ChatGPT role in Tumbler Ridge school shooting aje.news/oajyq4
Canada’s BC sues OpenAI over ChatGPT role in Tumbler Ridge school shooting
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MobileSyrup @mobilesyrup.com · 17/09/2026
How the cast and crew behind The Screen Team hopes to make subjects like AI, data storage, and self-driving cars more approachable. mobilesyrup.com/2026/09/17/n...
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New TVO series breaks down complex tech topics for kids
How the cast and crew behind The Screen Team hopes to make subjects like AI, data storage, self-driving cars more approachable.
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Pop Base @popbase.tv · 14/09/2026
First look at Diane Morgan as Philomena Cunk in Netflix’s ‘Cunk On Cinema.’ Featuring Benedict Cumberbatch, Daniel Pemberton, Michael Bay, Steven E. de Souza and more.
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iPhoneinCanada.ca @iphoneincanada.ca · 10/09/2026
Wealthsimple Is Replacing Its Mastercard, With a Catch for Costco Shoppers Toronto-based fintech Wealthsimple is replacing its prepaid Mastercard with a Visa Platinum Prepaid card,… www.iphoneincanada.ca/2026/09/10/we…
iphoneincanada.ca
Wealthsimple Is Replacing Its Mastercard, With a Catch for Costco Shoppers
Toronto-based fintech Wealthsimple is replacing its prepaid Mastercard with a Visa Platinum Prepaid card, bringing faster ATM fee refunds and new spending controls. But there’s a catch for Costco shoppers: the new card won’t work inside Canadian warehouses. The change is rolling out in phases, according to Wealthsimple’s updated support page today. Customers will receive an email or app notification when it’s their turn. If you haven’t been notified, no action is needed yet. The Visa card keeps the existing no foreign exchange fee benefit. Also, ATM fee reimbursements become nearly instant, while the card’s $250 tap limit is removed (but merchants may still set their own limits).
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404 Media @404media.co · 02/09/2026
An a16z article argues that enshittification isn’t real and that people actually love social media.
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A16z Says You Actually Love Social Media, Enshittification Isn’t Real
An a16z article argues that enshittification isn’t real and that people actually love social media.
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The Citizen Lab @citizenlab.ca · 31/08/2026
🔈 Join senior researcher @irenepoet.bsky.social at Data for Policy 2026 on September 8-10. She will be presenting on how AI systems have facilitated the consolidation of state authority differently in India and Vietnam. Register: dataforpolicy.org/dfp26-regist...
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Kamil @kamiljowahir.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Fishers definitely improved his live dj sets. But the audio is so jacked on this Creamfield live stream.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton helped millions of children learn how to read and saved millions of lives by funding COVID vaccine research. She improved more people’s lives than almost any political leader in office. Her impact will be felt by generations.
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Kamil @kamiljowahir.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
What the fuck
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Kamil @kamiljowahir.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
CRTC barely has any teeth to make the carries think twice.
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Sam Cole @samleecole.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
everyone with a Twitch account is automatically opted in to Amazon using your stream to train its AI models. you have to deliberately opt out - a feature the platform is positioning as a nice little favor to its users :) www.404media.co/twitch-train...
404media.co
Twitch is Mining Peoples' Streams to Train Amazon's AI
Here's how to opt out of Twitch's new generative AI training setting.
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Kamil @kamiljowahir.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
www.whathifi.com/speakers/wha...
whathifi.com
Is there actually any difference between studio monitors and hi-fi speakers? We asked the people who make them
Could your living room have studio quality sound?
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Lukasz Olejnik @lukaszolejnik.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Scientists in the US have for the first time used AI to create complete, viable virus genomes unlike any known in nature. AI is writing genomes. Potential impact? Programmable phage therapies, faster responses to antibiotic. It also raises urgent biosecurity questions www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai @lorenzofb.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
NEW: PSA: Apple's Private Relay, which is supposed to keep your IP address hidden from websites you visit using Safari, can leak your real IP address. The issues underlying this are not fixed. Researchers set up a site to test this. We used it and, indeed, we could see our supposedly hidden IP.
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PSA: Apple’s Private Relay can leak your real IP address | TechCrunch
A bug in how Apple implements its Private Relay feature, which in theory masks users’ IP addresses from the sites they visit, can reveal users’ real IP addresses.
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 04/08/2026
The internet shouldn’t become an ID checkpoint. www.acteff.org/campaign/16...
acteff.org
Tell the Senate: Don't Turn the Internet Into an ID Checkpoint
Tell the Senate to Reject Bills That Expand Age Verification
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 01/08/2026
Vincent Pastore, known for playing Salvatore Bonpensiero on “The Sopranos,” dies at the age of 80.
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'Sopranos' actor Vincent Pastore, known for playing mobsters and tough guys, dead at 80
Vincent Pastore, a veteran actor who played mobsters and tough guys, and was best known for playing Salvatore “Big Pussy” Bonpensiero on “The Sopranos,” has died.
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404 Media @404media.co · 30/07/2026
LIVE in 30 minutes: 404 Media teaches you how to file Freedom of Information requests, so you too can pry records from the government on everything from Flock to technology ICE is using and buying. How to join: www.404media.co/our-new-foia...
404media.co
Our New FOIA Forum! 7/30, 1PM ET
Join us for our latest FOIA Forum where we teach you how to pry records from the government.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 29/07/2026
Kavinsky, the French musician and DJ, was found dead at his home in Paris on Tuesday. He was 50. Kavinsky, whose real name was Vincent Belorgey, was best known for his 2010 hit “Nightcall.”
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Kavinsky, French D.J. and Electronic Musician, Dies at 50
The artist, whose real name was Vincent Belorgey, was best known for his 2010 hit “Nightcall,” which was featured in the film “Drive” and performed at the Paris Olympics.
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✨John Carpenter’s BOObies✨ @ourflagmeansbeth.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Sign it. action.openmedia.org/page/196118/...
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Tell the Senate: Reform Bill C-22
LAST CHANCE to fix #BillC22 surveillance powers that threaten Canadians' rights and privacy! Major companies and civil society groups are raising the alarm. Demand the Senate #ReformC22 now! 👉 https:/...
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MobileSyrup @mobilesyrup.com · 28/07/2026
These comments should be deeply concerning for all Canadians. mobilesyrup.com/2026/07/28/b...
mobilesyrup.com
Billionaire Shopify CEO thinks poor Canadians shouldn't be able to vote
The billionaire CEO of Canadian tech company Shopify shared support on social media for the idea that poor people shouldn't be able to vote.
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iPhoneinCanada.ca @iphoneincanada.ca · 24/07/2026
TekSavvy and Independent ISPs Urge CRTC to Fix Wholesale Fibre Rates TekSavvy and other independent internet service providers have jointly asked the Canadian Radio-television and… www.iphoneincanada.ca/2026/07/24/te…
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TekSavvy and Independent ISPs Urge CRTC to Fix Wholesale Fibre Rates
TekSavvy and other independent internet service providers have jointly asked the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission to fix wholesale fibre internet prices that they say make competition impossible. The coalition submitted an application to the CRTC asking it to review Telecom Order 2026-77. Under the current rules, the rates independent providers must pay big telecom companies to access fibre lines are actually higher than the retail prices those big carriers charge their own customers. Because of this gap, smaller internet providers must either sell their internet services at a loss or charge customers higher prices than the major telecom giants, leaving Canadians with fewer affordable choices.
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404 Media @404media.co · 23/07/2026
By filing Freedom of Information requests, 404 Media has obtained bodycam footage and documents that uncover stories about tech that powers ICE and how cops abuse Flock. You can FOIA too! On July 30th at 1 pm ET, we will teach you how to file a FOIA request live: www.404media.co/our-new-foia...
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 23/07/2026
Canada arguably has a Red Tory party — it just so happens to still be called “the Liberal Party of Canada.” Rachel Gilmore writes. thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
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Mark Carney, Red Tory | The Tyee
The prime minister is causing a major realignment in Canadian politics. More proof came Wednesday.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 17/07/2026
For the one millionth time this is why we need a free N95 mask program everywhere. Masks are important tools we all need to stay healthy throughout our lifetimes.
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
New: the highly controversial AI music generator Suno was hacked. The hacker sent us Suno source code; it shows the company scraped YouTube Music, Deezer, and Genius. In all, Suno scraped *decades* worth of music from the internet. Obviously didn't pay artists www.404media.co/hack-reveals...
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Electronic Frontier Foundation @eff.org · 14/07/2026
Physical discs come with more ownership rights than their digital equivalent— and that needs to change. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...
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Sony Nerfs Videogame Ownership
Playstation’s decision to kill physical game discs is the latest attack on our diminishing rights to access and engage with culture digitally. Rent-seeking corporations and negligent lawmakers share
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Taylor Lorenz @taylorlorenz.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Google LLC’s Nest cameras collect the biometric data of Americans without their consent, according to a class privacy suit filed Thursday in federal court.
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Google Nest Camera Violates Biometric Privacy, Class Suit Says
Google LLC’s Nest cameras collect the biometric data of Americans without their consent, according to a class privacy suit filed Thursday in federal court.
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404 Media @404media.co · 11/07/2026
A vulnerability in Apple’s “Hide My Email” tool lets almost anyone discover a person’s real email address that is supposed to be hidden by the feature, and Apple has failed to fix it for more than a year. www.404media.co/apple-hide-m...
404media.co
Apple ‘Hide My Email’ Vulnerability Reveals Peoples’ Real Email Addresses
”Hide My Email users deserve to know that it may be possible for attackers to discover their hidden email addresses,” the person who reported the issue said.
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evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
UPDATE: Meta has removed this feature! Congrats to the people and the backlash!
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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
404 Media went to Cannes, the advertising industry's biggest party where essentially every ad space you can imagine is for sale. This is what we saw, it's overwhelming how every pixel of attention is for sale: www.404media.co/inside-canne...
The entire conference is an advertisement for different types of advertising, and everything that can be turned into an ad has been. The Cannes trolley cars that run up and down the beach have been bought out by Strava (“Ads don’t get people active. Strava Sponsored Challenges do. Reach over 195 million active people on Strava,” the ads on the trolleys say.) About half of the cars navigating the winding Cannes streets have been wrapped with ads for advertising on Uber or Lyft or some other platform. DoorDash took over a store directly next to Versace, PayPal took over a patisserie. There are billboards for billboard ads, though every billboard advertising employee I spoke to insisted their job was “boring” and that the buzz had moved from “outdoor” (a euphemism for billboard ads) to “IRL,” a euphemism for events that have video billboard ads at them. KARGO’s drone ad was advertising drone advertising. Serve Delivery robots were driving around advertising the fact you can advertise on the robots; the United Arab Emirates was advertising the fact that its government is willing to do ideas others “said no to.” Life360, the app that lets parents surveil their kids, threw a full week of programming which included tips about advertising on Life360. The JW Marriott had information about how to advertise via the Marriott BonVoy rewards program; United Airlines had information about how to advertise on United flights; Chase had a building about how to advertise to Chase cardholders. OpenAI and Reddit had big presences, explaining how to advertise to Redditors and ChatGPT users; Reddit’s executives tried to tow a careful line about how Reddit is “the most human place on the internet” but is also widely scraped by LLMs, while OpenAI tried to explain that humans make decisions based on what its robots say. I wandered into Meta’s beach compound and caught a portion of a panel about using Gen Z influencers to advertise in which the video sign said “Cringe or Cool? Creators who ed…
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Privacy International @privacyinternational.org · 27/06/2026
Wondering what kind of data a company has on you? You can ask companies for a copy of your data if you’re in the EU / the company operates in the EU… Read our guide to find out more tips
privacyinternational.org
7+1 tips on how to make the most out of your DSAR
Hello friend,
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MobileSyrup @mobilesyrup.com · 24/06/2026
The lawsuit calls the Amazon-owned audiobook company's credit policy "exploitative." mobilesyrup.com/2026/06/24/a...
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Lost your Audible credits? New Canadian lawsuit could help
A new Canadian lawsuit seeks to take on Amazon's Audible over expiring audio book credits.
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Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
🇨🇦 Liberals are dismissing the privacy concerns surrounding the government’s lawful access bill as “tinfoil hat” and “paranoid” conspiracy theories So undignified and disrespectful to @citizenlab.ca & numerous other serious professionals that care about this country globalnews.ca/news/1191195...
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Liberals dismiss ‘tinfoil hat’ privacy fears as lawful access bill passes - National | Globalnews.ca
Conservatives and other opposition parties sought to address privacy concerns in Bill C-22, but the Liberal government shut down debate and fast-tracked the bill.
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Mediagazer @mediagazer.com · 18/06/2026
The Onion plans to relaunch Infowars on July 2 and will route more than $100,000 to Sandy Hook families, as legal fights over the website continue (Brandy Zadrozny/MS NOW) Main Link | Mediagazer Permalink
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Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
From @citizenlab.ca @cyn-k.bsky.social : Bill C-22 could expose Canadian data to U.S. surveillance policyoptions.irpp.org/2026/06/bill...
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Bill C-22 could expose Canadian data to U.S. surveillance
Ottawa should reject any data-sharing agreement that allows U.S. authorities to access Canadians' personal information without Canadian oversight.
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Matt Baume 🏳️‍🌈 @mattbaume.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Happy Pride to this Caravaggio self-portrait that made one man so gay he had to go to the hospital
Caravaggio's Baccus painting, featuring a lush fruity spread and leaves bedecking a pasty twink who only works out his armsArticle screenshot that says:

The most extreme examples of
Stendhal syndrome share a sensation of
self-fragmentation. Magherini
describes the case of a 53-year-old
German man who was hospitalized
after repeatedly viewing Caravaggio's
Bacchus at Uffizi Gallery. The patient
felt "an attraction closer and closer to
an intimate sexual arousal of
ambiguous nature that invaded him
and made him feel good and bad."
Unmoored and distressed, he sought
medical attention. After treating the
subject's initial episode, Magherini
writes that he came to recognize his
latent homosexuality. Another case...
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 12/06/2026
Renowned British artist David Hockney dies aged 88 aje.news/zo7dqu
Renowned British artist David Hockney dies aged 88
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Kamil @kamiljowahir.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/06/ever...
michaelgeist.ca
Everything You Wanted to Know About a Kids' Social Media Ban (But Were Rightly Afraid to Ask): A FAQ on Age Verification and Mandated ID for Everyone - Michael Geist
The government is expected to table the Digital Safety Act on Wednesday with reports that it will include a ban on social media for those under 16, framed as a “temporary” measure that platforms can e...
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
47 years of Thatcherism in the UK.
I STILL HATE THATCHER
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iPhoneinCanada.ca @iphoneincanada.ca · 08/06/2026
TTC Riders Are Getting the Transit App’s Premium Tier for Free Toronto transit riders just got a nice perk. As part of an expanded partnership with the Transit app (also based in the city), the TTC is handing everyone a free upgrade to Royale, the app's premium tier, right in time for the FIFA…
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TTC Riders Are Getting the Transit App’s Premium Tier for Free
Toronto transit riders just got a nice perk. As part of an expanded partnership with the Transit app (also based in the city), the TTC is handing everyone a free upgrade to Royale, the app's premium tier, right in time for the FIFA World Cup 2026. Transit app's Royale normally costs you $4.99/month or $24.99/year, but TTC riders now get it at no charge.
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Kamil @kamiljowahir.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
www.reuters.com/business/wor...
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Canada says AI strategy will help create 250,000 jobs, boost GDP by 3%
Canada unveiled a new artificial intelligence strategy on Thursday that it says will help create 250,000 jobs by 2031 and includes a new ​C$500 million ($360.05 million) tech fund to help homegrown AI...
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Jagmeet Singh @journalistjagmeet.com · 03/06/2026
New: Wearable health-tech startup Ultrahuman said hackers gained unauthorized access to customers’ wellness data after stealing an employee’s credentials through malware. techcrunch.com/2026/06/03/u...
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Ultrahuman says hackers accessed customers' wellness data via internal tool | TechCrunch
The breach at wearable ring maker Ultrahuman stemmed from credentials stolen from a malware-infected employee laptop.
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Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
The disastrous Bill C-22 has a lot of huge problems. Among them: it will lay the legal groundwork for giving the 🇺🇸 US warrantless access to Canadian 🇨🇦 data My @citizenlab.ca colleague @kate-ro.bsky.social with the analysis in @thewalrus.ca thewalrus.ca/trump-wants-...
thewalrus.ca
Trump Wants to Tap Your Phone. Ottawa Might Let Him | The Walrus
Bill C-22 will lay the legal groundwork for giving the US warrantless access to our data
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Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Canada 🇨🇦 proposed new Lawful Access Act #C22 is a total nightmare The Act would allow the govt to compel any electronic service provider (your ISP, telco, coffee shop, library, VPN provider, messenger app etc) to provide backdoor access to targets' accounts & much more Absolutely crazy
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Ron Deibert @rondeibert.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
In the "open secret" news category, Canada's 🇨🇦 Ontario Provincial Police have been using spyware, but not disclosing it to the public, and even burying legal cases to keep it secret! www.thestar.com/news/ontario...
thestar.com
Ontario police are using spyware that lets them remotely take over your smartphone. They’re fighting to keep almost everything about it secret
The police use of ODITs is so secret that police forces have signed agreements to drop serious criminal investigations rather than reveal the name of their vendor.
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 07/05/2026
Police arrested three men accused of driving around an SMS blaster across downtown Toronto, which allegedly blasted tens of thousands of phones with spammy text messages over several months.
techcrunch.com
Police arrest SMS blaster crew that sent malicious messages to thousands across Toronto | TechCrunch
Toronto police said this is the "first known instance" of an SMS blaster being used in Canada.
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MobileSyrup @mobilesyrup.com · 06/05/2026
The federal privacy commissioner and three provincial counterparts investigated the OpenAI chatbot and found "a number of privacy issues." mobilesyrup.com/2026/05/06/c...
mobilesyrup.com
ChatGPT collected 'vast amounts' of Canadian data without consent
The federal privacy commissioner revealed the results of a three-year investigation into OpenAI's popular ChatGPT.
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Kamil @kamiljowahir.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Corus is in even more trouble.
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