Posts tagged IT Security
To Retain our Sovereignty, Canada Must Control our Technology

With this week’s revelation that the CIA sold compromised encryption devices to spy on America’s allies, and the allegations that Huawei’s technologies contain backdoors for Chinese authorities, Canada is faced with the grim reminder that our technology infrastructure may be acting as agents to foreign governments. If we wish to retain sovereignty over our own information and communications, we need to make some hard choices.

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Video: How Encryption Works and Why it's So Important

Encryption is a crucial part of the technology we use every day. When governments talk about outlawing it, they're proposing a fundamental destruction of our technology infrastructure. This video explains how encryption works, and why it can't be broken in the ways that government and law enforcement want.

The video I’ve created – How Encryption Works and Why it’s So Important – is the culmination of months of work. Thanks for watching it!

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