Tamir
@digitalprivacy.ca
Tech & human rights lawyer | he/him
Director, Privacy, Surveillance & Technology, CCLA (ccla.org)
Formerly: hrw.org | cippic.ca
Director, Privacy, Surveillance & Technology, CCLA (ccla.org)
Formerly: hrw.org | cippic.ca
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just leaving this here
Various US federal government orgs never finished patching Cisco ASA before the gov shutdown
Eg 158.219.75.133,*.cbo.gov|cbo.gov,YES,14/03/24 <- last patched in 2024, Congressional Budget Office
192.231.145.126,vpn.ha.nih.gov,YES,16/11/23 <- last patched in 2023, National Institutes of Health
Eg 158.219.75.133,*.cbo.gov|cbo.gov,YES,14/03/24 <- last patched in 2024, Congressional Budget Office
192.231.145.126,vpn.ha.nih.gov,YES,16/11/23 <- last patched in 2023, National Institutes of Health
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 PM
just leaving this here
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“Amazon strategised about keeping the public in the dark over the true extent of its datacentres’ water use, a leaked internal document reveals.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Amazon strategised about keeping its datacentres’ full water use secret, leaked document shows
Executives at world’s biggest datacenter owner grappled with disclosing information about water used to help power facilities
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 4:22 AM
“Amazon strategised about keeping the public in the dark over the true extent of its datacentres’ water use, a leaked internal document reveals.” www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Vietnam’s long record of cracking down on online dissent sadly makes it a fitting host for the signing ceremony of the deeply flawed UN Convention against Cybercrime this weekend. Read more in this @thediplomat.com oped by @hrw's @deblbrown.bsky.social & me thediplomat.com/2025/10/un-t...
UN Treaty Signing Highlights Vietnam’s Curb on Online Dissent
The Cybercrime Convention will further entrench control and surveillance over peaceful expression of dissent online beyond the borders of repressive states.
thediplomat.com
October 24, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Vietnam’s long record of cracking down on online dissent sadly makes it a fitting host for the signing ceremony of the deeply flawed UN Convention against Cybercrime this weekend. Read more in this @thediplomat.com oped by @hrw's @deblbrown.bsky.social & me thediplomat.com/2025/10/un-t...
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“More than three dozen federal judges have told The New York Times that the Supreme Court’s flurry of brief, opaque emergency orders in cases related to the Trump administration have left them confused about how to proceed in those matters and are hurting the judiciary’s image with the public.”
Federal Judges, Warning of ‘Judicial Crisis,’ Fault Supreme Court’s Emergency Orders
www.nytimes.com
October 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
“More than three dozen federal judges have told The New York Times that the Supreme Court’s flurry of brief, opaque emergency orders in cases related to the Trump administration have left them confused about how to proceed in those matters and are hurting the judiciary’s image with the public.”
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Premium: The AI Bubble's promises are impossible. NVIDIA's customers are running out of money, GPUs die in 3-5 years, most 1GW data centers will never get built, and OpenAI's Abilene data center doesn't won't have the power it needs before 2028 - if it ever does.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-bubbl...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-bubbl...
The AI Bubble's Impossible Promises
Readers: I’ve done a very generous “free” portion of this newsletter, but I do recommend paying for premium to get the in-depth analysis underpinning the intro. That being said, I want as many people ...
www.wheresyoured.at
October 10, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Premium: The AI Bubble's promises are impossible. NVIDIA's customers are running out of money, GPUs die in 3-5 years, most 1GW data centers will never get built, and OpenAI's Abilene data center doesn't won't have the power it needs before 2028 - if it ever does.
www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-bubbl...
www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-bubbl...
The government needs to withdraw it's strong borders package in while:
CCLA Renews Calls for Government to Drop its Strong Borders Package - CCLA
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is renewing its call on the government to withdraw its strong borders legislative package, now split into two separate Bills: Bill C-2, the Strong Borders Act,...
ccla.org
October 10, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The government needs to withdraw it's strong borders package in while:
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I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were
September 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
I think the Trump admin assumed no one would try to find out who the people on the boats they blew up really were
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🇨🇦 Le projet de loi C-8 de la Canada est de retour - jumeau du C-26. 👯♀️ Risques énormes pour le chiffrement + ordonnances secrètes. 🚨 Ne laissez pas #C8 passer à la hâte au Parlement. Dites à votre député·e de #CorrigerC8 ! 📣 openmedia.org/FixBillC8-bs... @openmedia.org
Corrigeons le projet de loi C-8 : Stoppons l’adoption précipitée d’une loi défectueuse sur la cybersécurité
openmedia.org
September 25, 2025 at 4:26 PM
🇨🇦 Le projet de loi C-8 de la Canada est de retour - jumeau du C-26. 👯♀️ Risques énormes pour le chiffrement + ordonnances secrètes. 🚨 Ne laissez pas #C8 passer à la hâte au Parlement. Dites à votre député·e de #CorrigerC8 ! 📣 openmedia.org/FixBillC8-bs... @openmedia.org
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Exciting week for @cdtsuottawaclts.bsky.social & @uocommonlaw.bsky.social Law & Tech! For those still in town after the conference (where I'll be speaking on the civil society panel), I'm hosting this on Oct 4—a space for more critical discussion of AI. RSVP to join here: tinyurl.com/criticalAIsalon
September 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Exciting week for @cdtsuottawaclts.bsky.social & @uocommonlaw.bsky.social Law & Tech! For those still in town after the conference (where I'll be speaking on the civil society panel), I'm hosting this on Oct 4—a space for more critical discussion of AI. RSVP to join here: tinyurl.com/criticalAIsalon
If passed in its current form, the federal government's cybersecurity bill poses a threat to privacy and, paradoxically, to cybersecurity.
Government needs to fix dangerous flaws in federal cybersecurity proposal - CCLA
The government must fix fundamental constitutional flaws and a dangerous loophole in controversial cybersecurity legislation that has been reintroduced as Bill C-8. If this legislation fails to receiv...
ccla.org
September 26, 2025 at 1:17 PM
If passed in its current form, the federal government's cybersecurity bill poses a threat to privacy and, paradoxically, to cybersecurity.
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“Agencies need to be willing
to review automated
decisions if there is a serious
question about a decision”
to review automated
decisions if there is a serious
question about a decision”
Can't believe I missed an Ombudsman report with that title! Media release: www.ombudsman.gov.au/__data/asset... (PDF)
September 26, 2025 at 4:19 AM
“Agencies need to be willing
to review automated
decisions if there is a serious
question about a decision”
to review automated
decisions if there is a serious
question about a decision”
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In an unstable geopolitical environment, Canada's digital infrastructure is in the hands of just a few American companies. In a new CAMP discussion paper, we ask the question what a new path forward should look like.
antimonopoly.ca/discussion-p...
antimonopoly.ca/discussion-p...
Discussion Paper | Confronting Canada's Gatekeeper Crisis - Canadian Anti-Monopoly Project
In a volatile geopolitical environment, Canada's dependence on a handful of American firms has become an acute risk to the future of our sovereignty.
antimonopoly.ca
June 17, 2025 at 4:30 PM
In an unstable geopolitical environment, Canada's digital infrastructure is in the hands of just a few American companies. In a new CAMP discussion paper, we ask the question what a new path forward should look like.
antimonopoly.ca/discussion-p...
antimonopoly.ca/discussion-p...
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"There can be no doubt that states are bound under the Genocide Convention, which Israel is violating, to take action now."
HRW's Omar Shakir discusses this week's UN Commission of Inquiry report and the growing consensus among experts about Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza:
HRW's Omar Shakir discusses this week's UN Commission of Inquiry report and the growing consensus among experts about Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza:
September 18, 2025 at 4:26 PM
"There can be no doubt that states are bound under the Genocide Convention, which Israel is violating, to take action now."
HRW's Omar Shakir discusses this week's UN Commission of Inquiry report and the growing consensus among experts about Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza:
HRW's Omar Shakir discusses this week's UN Commission of Inquiry report and the growing consensus among experts about Israel’s genocidal campaign in Gaza:
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I was pleased to chat with @australia.theguardian.com team who actually looked at the Age Assurance trial data, finding racial & other biases of concern before the trial are still very evident in the trial's actual data (downplayed in the official summaries): www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
Social media ban trial data reveals racial bias in age checking software: just how inaccurate is it?
Young people from Indigenous and Asian backgrounds are more likely to be miscategorised as over the age limit and older people as underaged, analysis finds
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I was pleased to chat with @australia.theguardian.com team who actually looked at the Age Assurance trial data, finding racial & other biases of concern before the trial are still very evident in the trial's actual data (downplayed in the official summaries): www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...
The Vancouver Police Board's handling of a complaint by BCCLA and Pivot regarding surveillance of Palestine solidarity protests failed on many substantive and procedural fronts.
Press Release: Vancouver Police Board Handling of Surveillance Complaint Raises Oversight Concerns - BC Civil Liberties Association
xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) and Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) territories / Vancouver, BC – The BC Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) and Pivot Legal Society are criticizing the Va...
bccla.org
September 18, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The Vancouver Police Board's handling of a complaint by BCCLA and Pivot regarding surveillance of Palestine solidarity protests failed on many substantive and procedural fronts.
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Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk
Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk
NEW YORK—Insisting your fate was sealed the moment you clicked the link, a report released Tuesday found that you will be fired for reading this headline about Charlie Kirk. “Shortly after you navigat...
theonion.com
September 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Report: You To Be Fired For Reading This Headline About Charlie Kirk
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Today I joined with 14 of my colleagues from 10 law schools across the country to send a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, and the other leaders in Parliament, expressing grave concerns about Bill C-2, and it's likely impact on privacy and cybersecurity:
Scholars' Letter re: Bill C-2
The Right Honourable. Mark Carney, P.C., O.C., M.P. Prime Minister of Canada The Honourable Gary Anandasangaree P.C., M.P. Minister of Public Safety The Honourable Lena Metlege Diab P.C., M.P. Minis...
docs.google.com
September 15, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Today I joined with 14 of my colleagues from 10 law schools across the country to send a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, and the other leaders in Parliament, expressing grave concerns about Bill C-2, and it's likely impact on privacy and cybersecurity:
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Critical read, hitting home out the gates in the executive summary's clarion call of an opening: "Those of us broadly engaged in challenging corporate consolidation, economic injustice, tech oligarchy, and rising authoritarianism need to contend with the AI industry or we will lose the end game."
NEW REPORT: Artificial Power, our 2025 Landscape Report, is out.
Today’s AI isn’t just being used by us, it’s being used on us. We urgently need to reclaim public power over the future trajectory of AI. Another path is possible.
Read the report: ainowinstitute.org/2025-landscape
Today’s AI isn’t just being used by us, it’s being used on us. We urgently need to reclaim public power over the future trajectory of AI. Another path is possible.
Read the report: ainowinstitute.org/2025-landscape
July 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Critical read, hitting home out the gates in the executive summary's clarion call of an opening: "Those of us broadly engaged in challenging corporate consolidation, economic injustice, tech oligarchy, and rising authoritarianism need to contend with the AI industry or we will lose the end game."
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good first graf in times report on trump admin assault on civil society
gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...
gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...
September 17, 2025 at 5:16 AM
good first graf in times report on trump admin assault on civil society
gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...
gift link www.nytimes.com/2025/09/16/u...
Alberta proposal for a new ID that combines driver's licensing, health and, somehow, a citizenship designation, sparks discrimination and privacy concerns
Alberta's Plan to Add Citizenship on Driver's Licenses Raises Privacy and Rights Concerns - CCLA
ccla.org
September 16, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Alberta proposal for a new ID that combines driver's licensing, health and, somehow, a citizenship designation, sparks discrimination and privacy concerns
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I want every single person who’s ever argued passionately that we need a law criminalizing hate speech to sit with this interview, and think about what this administration could accomplish with it.
Attorney General Pam Bondi: "There's free speech and then there's hate speech, and there is no place, especially now, especially after what happened to Charlie, in our society...We will absolutely target you, go after you, if you are targeting anyone with hate speech."
September 16, 2025 at 2:16 AM
I want every single person who’s ever argued passionately that we need a law criminalizing hate speech to sit with this interview, and think about what this administration could accomplish with it.
Robert Diab explains some of the constitutional provacy challenges raised by Bill C-2
CBC Ian Hanomansing speaks to Robert Diab, Law professor at Thompson Rivers University
Get the latest on CBCNews.ca, the CBC News App, and CBC News Network for breaking news and analysis.
www.cbc.ca
September 16, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Robert Diab explains some of the constitutional provacy challenges raised by Bill C-2
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@MarioTrujillo.bsky.social presents the EFF Award for Protecting Americans’ Data to @Erie.bsky.social: “Erie Meyer has spent her career doing the real work of modernization and innovation inside government—by working to protect consumers and building a bench of deep technical and policy expertise.
September 11, 2025 at 3:19 AM
@MarioTrujillo.bsky.social presents the EFF Award for Protecting Americans’ Data to @Erie.bsky.social: “Erie Meyer has spent her career doing the real work of modernization and innovation inside government—by working to protect consumers and building a bench of deep technical and policy expertise.
Great post on CSE's significant growth with particular attention to it's expanded crime fighting role:
Lux Ex Umbra: July 2025
luxexumbra.blogspot.com
September 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Great post on CSE's significant growth with particular attention to it's expanded crime fighting role: