Blastogram: Statistics Canada is Revenue Canada’s Watchdog
I am blessed to live in a quiet sanctum and neighbourhood that are agreeable to going about my writing and research undisturbed. One afternoon I nearly jumped out of my clothes when that serenity was...
View ArticleBig Brother Has Come Too Far in 10 Years
The hallway stank of boiled cabbage and old rag mats, both government-issued. At one end of the hallway, a coloured poster, too large for indoor display, had been tacked to the wall. It depicted...
View ArticleIllogical Paranoia: The Root Cause of Lost Freedoms
“The most dangerous man, to any government, is the man who is able to think things out for himself, without regard to prevailing superstition or taboo.” – H. L. Mencken, American journalist The first...
View ArticleGot an iPhone or iPad? Great! Big Brother loves you and is tracking your...
An interesting story crossed my desk this morning and kicked my spidey senses into overdrive. Why? Big Brother (aka the FBI) was caught spying on us regular folk yet again. FBI Agent Christopher...
View ArticleProtecting Your Internet Privacy: Auto-Hide IP Software Review
Anyone who knows me, either personally or through my writing, knows that I value my personal privacy and take great pains to ensure that my private life remains just that: private. I’m not a fan of...
View ArticlePrivacy: A Relic from the Past
George Orwell was right. Big Brother is watching! So is the menacing Big Sis over at the U.S.’s ubiquitous Homeland Security. That evil government department is in accelerated motion toward total...
View ArticlePrivacy: We don’t care about it until the invasion of privacy gets up close...
We live in a strange age. We don’t care that airport security screeners take what amounts to naked pictures of us with their “porn scanners” before allowing us to board our flight, something that was...
View ArticleAttn: BC Residents! You Can Still STOP Your Smart Meter Installation
The information below is if you still have your ANALOG meter in place. Information on how to get rid of your already-installed Smart Meter is not yet available, but will be posted at Citizens For...
View ArticleWhen Compliance with the Nanny State is More Important than Education
Andrea Hernandez just wants to get an education. She is, by all accounts I can find, a good student. She’s also a human being who understands we must never allow ourselves to be tracked like pieces of...
View ArticleIf you’re a Facebook user who values your personal privacy you’ll want to...
Facebook, ever the defender of personal privacy, is giving users just a few days to vote down changes to their privacy policy. Failure to garner votes from 30% of Facebook’s users means the social...
View ArticleHypocritical Anti-Gunners – Careful What You Wish For
Anti-gun zealots got a lot more than they bargained for after publishing the names and home addresses of New York handgun permit holders. On December 24, 2012, The Journal News got up on it’s high...
View ArticleCanada’s National Firearms Association Publicly Posts Membership Info… Ooops!
Guarding personal information is a corporate responsibility and one that must be taken seriously by both individuals and the companies they do business with. This fiduciary duty was, unfortunately,...
View ArticleA Victory for Privacy Rights! Conservatives Kill Bill C-30
When the Conservatives introduced Bill C-30, titled the Protecting Children from Internet Predators Act, Vic Toews said anyone who didn’t agree with the bill was standing “with the child...
View ArticleBill C-13 is Conservative Government’s Attempt to Police Internet (and strip...
Bill C-13 – dubbed the “Protecting Canadians from Online Crime Act” is really an attempt by our so-called Conservative government to re-introduce measures from their failed Bill C-30, “Protecting...
View ArticleEFF Report- Who is Protecting Your Data from Government Requests?
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) constantly fights for our right to privacy on the Internet. It’s an organization every single person who values privacy ought to support financially, as they...
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