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The Economist notes serious problems with new passport and identification technologies. Among the numerous issues is that new passports can broadcast the citizenship of the passport holder. This has been demonstrated to dramatic effect:
Twitter is simply mailing lists (LISTSERV, mailman, Google Groups, Sympa, etc) crossed with SMS. Without the power of the former, and with all the transience of the latter.
On this blog in June, I posted an item that described some of the serious security issues surrounding voting machines used in elections in Canada and the U.S, and specifically about equipment used in Winnipeg’s municipal elections, namely the ES&S Optech Eagle IIIP.
George Gerbner, a pioneer researcher on the effects of television on society, died on Dec 24.
He was the dean of the Annenberg School for Communications at
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Orest Kinasevych is a digital media and publishing technologies instructor and consultant. He currently holds a faculty position at Red River College in Winnipeg, Canada. Orest has worked as a publishing technologies consultant to clients in publishing, pharmaceutical, travel information and financial industries across the U.S., Europe and Asia.Feedback
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